If a LEGO is Swallowed, How Long Does it Take to be Pooped Out?

This is one of those published research papers I had to wonder if it was for real or not... but it appears to be genuine in spite of the jocular tone of the article. Published in the Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health , researchers swallowed small LEGO pieces and then monitored bowel movements to determine how long it took before it got pooped out. The general point of the study being that children often swallow toy objects and as long as it doesn't get stuck in the throat (and lack…

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Video of Hearing Testing in Young Children (6 Months - 6 Years Old)

In celebration of Kids ENT Health Month, our office has produced a video demonstrating the various ways a child's hearing is tested  from 6 months to 6 years old. After all, you certainly can't just ask them to push a button when they hear a beep as you would in an adult. This video shows the following different types of hearing testing done in children: • Soundfield Auditory Testing (SAT) - 6 months to 2 years old • Speech Awareness Threshold (SAT) - 2 years to 3 years old • S…

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FDA Warning For Sedation in Kids Under 3 Years and Pregnant Women

On 12/14/16, the FDA published a warning that prolonged or repeated sedation in kids under 3 years old and women who are pregnant during their third trimester may adversely affect childhood brain development. However, a single short exposure to a general anesthetic and sedation drugs in infants or toddlers is UNLIKELY to have any negative effects on the brain. Such short time exposure with minimal risk would apply to ear tube placements as well as tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy . This r…

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Toddler Dies from Ear Infection

Stock Image Unrelated to Blog Article In March 2015, Hope Delozier who was 18 months old, died from an untreated left ear infection. According to media reports , the ear infection first started about 2 weeks prior to death. The parents elected to treat the child with a homeopathic approach and herbal treatments. Unfortunately, this treatment approach did not work and child became sicker. On the day she died, she apparently did not wake up from a nap and mom noted that the breathing was la…

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Best Headphones for Kids

MacWorld did a nice review on the best headphones for kids which is important given the increasing use of electronic devices in the classroom. It should be noted that the best headphones for adults are not the best headphones for kids due to important discrepancies in size, durability, and absence of volume-limit controls. From an ENT perspective, volume-limit controls are the most important factor when picking a set of headphones for a child as such circuitry prevents the headphones from pl…

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Why Do Babies Hate Getting Their Nose and Face Wiped???

I have often been asked this question by parents... and even more so by my wife as we try to clean the snot off our little kids' noses as they shriek as if we're torturing them. Given it seems ALL young kids have this nose-wiping aversion across cultures and racial ethnicities, it would seem that this reflex reaction is hard-wired into human babies. But why would evolution favor this reaction? I tried to find an answer to this question to see if any bright researchers actually stu…

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