Jack Paradise
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"Jack L. Paradise" is a professor emeritus of pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a leading researcher of the placement of tympanostomy tubes in children with persistent otitis media.

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We were led to the conclusion that ear disease does not cause any developmental problems.

If I had any words of advice for parents with children with this condition, it would be, 'Don't just do something, sit there,'.

We concluded that it's highly unlikely that middle ear disease had any impact on children's later development, ... Children are pretty resilient, and it's not as though there's no hearing. They might be turning up the TV or parents might have to speak louder, but these children aren't deaf. When their hearing gets better, they make up for the temporary loss.

The decision to undergo ear tube surgery should be discussed carefully with the doctor, ... A variety of factors go into this decision. If you think putting tubes in the child's ears is going to improve developmental outcome at age 3, the answer is: no, it won't.