title: In response to What is the role of tympanostomy tubes in the treatment of recurrent acute otitis media?
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communications Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Whittemore
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*