Mount Sinai neurotologists as well as general and pediatric otolaryngologists routinely perform myringotomy with tube insertion (“ear tubes”) both in the office and in the operating room for patients with chronic or recurrent ear infections as well as eustachian tube dysfunction. The procedure only takes a few minutes: A small incision is typically made in the ear drum, the fluid suctioned out, and then a small tube placed in the ear drum. The tube usually stays in for a number of months until it falls out on its own or it is removed by the physician. It cannot be seen from the outside, and we longer generally recommend any special precautions for swimming or showering when it is in place.

For more information, go to:
https://www.mountsinai.org/care/ent/services/general
https://www.mountsinai.org/care/ent/services/pediatric
https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/center-hearing-balance

Featured Faculty

George Wanna, MD, FACS
Chair of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Chief, Division of Otology-Neurotology
Mount Sinai Health System
Professor of Otolaryngology, and Neurosurgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Maura K. Cosetti, MD
Director, Ear Institute at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (NYEE) of Mount Sinai
Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Mount Sinai Health System

Enrique R. Perez, MD, MBA
Director of Otology-Neurotology
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai Health System

Aldo V. Londino III, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai Health System

Michael A. Rothschild, MD
Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai Health System

Bartolomeo V. Castellano, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai HealthSystem

David Culang, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai Union Square

Sam Huh, MD
Chief of Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai Health System

Zan Mra, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai Brooklyn

Isaac Namdar, MD
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai West

Edward J. Shin, MD
Professor, Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) / Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai

Benjamin C. Tweel, MD
Medical Director, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Mount Sinai Health System

Joshua Zeiger, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Mount Sinai Health System

Zachary G. Schwam, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Division of Otology-Neurotology, Lateral Skull Base Surgery
Mount Sinai Health System