Knowledge and Tools For Better Ear Care

We at Notoco are dedicated to helping you avoid late night visits to the emergency room, frantic trips to the doctor, endless antibiotics, and drastic measures such as ear tube surgery.

You can choose to do many things at home to better manage ear problems, such as diet changes, allergy identification, prevention practices and home monitoring of ears. With these choices, you are less likely to end up with a medical emergency.

Our goal is to teach you about ear problems: ear infections (otitis media), when to seek medical help and when to wait it out, ear wax and its removal, pros and cons of ear tube surgery, how to use Earscopes (otoscopes) and what to look for in ears. Our book, EARS, An Owner's Manual, will teach you more about these subjects, as well as about the many causes of earaches - otitis media with effusion, swimmers ear (otitis externa), ruptured ear drums - ringing in the ears (tinnitus), complications associated with ear piercing, and about over-the-counter and prescription medications for the relief of ear problems. If you learn and use this information, as thousands of others have, you will have a better opportunity to work in partnership with your doctor and save yourself anguish, time and money.