A burst eardrum — like a stubbed toe — is a common injury. Although ruptures can cause pain and hearing loss, most will heal naturally. For those that don’t, however, the only option is specialist ...

DURHAM That can lead to a deformed ear drum and hearing loss, but now doctors at Duke are using a laser to repair the eardrum. Dick Ekstrand, a 67-year-old retired attorney, noticed something ...

A startup company in the Virginia Bio+Tech Park in Richmond has moved one step closer to realizing a new medical treatment for eardrum repairs. Tympanogen recently was awarded a $1.48 million Small ...

A Richmond startup company has received a Defense Department contract to test a gel patch for eardrum repair in field settings to treat military service members. Tympanogen was awarded nearly $250,000 ...

It's the bane of rock stars, concertgoers, soldiers on the front lines and folks who insist on using cotton swabs: a ruptured eardrum. Painful and time-consuming, eardrum repairs often require surgery ...

“By making eardrum repair faster, easier, and more accessible at the time of injury, we can prevent the complications that lead to this disability for tens of thousands of service members,” said ...

Myringosclerosis is a common condition affecting the tympanic membrane or eardrum that can occur in response to infection or trauma. A person with this condition may not always have symptoms.

The eardrum, also known as the tympanic membrane, is a delicate part of the ear that plays a crucial role in hearing and protecting the middle ear from infection. While most people associate eardrum ...