Water precautions and grommets - not necessary?

There is increasing evidence that the use of water precautions is not required in the majority of children for swimming lesson - in a recent study, a similar amount of children had ear infections whether they kept their ears dry or not. In addition, the more episodes of ear infections were related to upper respiratory tract infections rather than water exposure. Overall, global quality of life improved significantly, irrespective of whether water protection was conducted.

CONCLUSION: The incidence of otorrhea was not different with or without prescription of ear protection during water exposure among children with tympanostomy tubes, which supports current guideline recommendations that routine water precautions are unnecessary in this population.

See:

Effect of Water Precautions on Otorrhea Incidence after Pediatric Tympanostomy Tube: Randomized Controlled Trial Evidence.
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