"Earflo is a medical device designed to look and work like a sippy cup for kids as young as two. When you sip from the cup, a small mask forms a seal on your nose, and with each swallow, air flows through the nose. The pressure on the nasal cavity helps open the eustachian tubes in the ear, releasing trapped fluid."
"In an early peer-reviewed study of 21 children aged one to 12 using Earflo for four weeks, 86% of children showed significant hearing improvement, with the average improvement in hearing being 10 decibels -- essentially doubling their perceived sound intensity, Dr. Matthew Oldakowski, co-founder of Earflo, told me at CES. Nearly 90% of the participants did not need surgery at all three months later."
Earflo is a sippy-cup–style medical device that relieves middle ear pressure by delivering air through the nose during swallowing, which helps open eustachian tubes and release trapped fluid. In a peer-reviewed study of 21 children aged one to twelve who used Earflo for four weeks, 86% showed significant hearing improvement with an average gain of 10 decibels, and nearly 90% avoided ear tube surgery three months later. The device was developed beginning in 2018 at Stanford Biodesign to provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery. Earflo is awaiting FDA clearance and is expected to be available in Q1.
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