I guess it is a case of overcrowding in the uterus as I conceived a pair of twins. My youngest daughter’s left ear was folded at birth. While this is merely a cosmetic abnormality and does not affect her hearing ability, paying no attention to it may affect my child’s emotional development. Note I am not providing any image of her affected ear here to respect her privacy. Though it was not a hideous-looking ear, I cannot anticipate her reaction when she reads this post in the future. Our paediatrician advised monitoring her ear development during the first week of her life. There are instances where the ear shape will self-correct, however, no one can tell when and whether this will actually happen. In our case, nothing happened after 1 week from birth.
Our paediatrician recommended our daughter to undergo the ear correction therapy from EarWell that is said to have a 90% success rate for newborns.
The Therapy
It was a simple non-invasive procedure by attaching an ear mould to the folded ear for 1 month. The mould is made of a silicone-like material and includes a cradle base, 2 smaller parts to be placed onto the ear and a cover to ensure that the small parts stay in place. I just had to ensure that the ear mould does not get wet, or dirtied by sweat and vomit. The only sacrifice made other than treatment cost was shaving off her hair near to the ear. This is to ensure the mould is securely attached to the skin behind her ear rather than on her hair.
According to the specialists, this apparatus is a pretty recent invention and is a godsend. In the past, children needed to go through invasive and expensive surgeries, making use of their own rib cartilage to improve the shape of their deformed ears. The current procedure is a far-cry from what was needed.
The doctor removed the mould 2 weeks ago and my daughter’s ear now looks prettier.
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Hello! I’m looking to do this treatment for my newborn too. Could you share which clinic did you go to? Thanks!
Hi! The procedure was carried out by our PD Dr Ong Eng Keow from ICAC at Mt Alvernia.
Thank you!!
Hi! Can you share about the total cost you incurred doing earwell for baby? Did you explore other alternatives? Thanks!!!
Hi Harold, we did the earwell correction almost 4 years ago. If my memory serves me right, each session was around $250 excluding PD’s consultation fees. We went thru 2 rounds of corrections, so total excluding PD fees was around $500. And no, we did not explore alternatives. Do you know of any other alternatives? Will be grateful if you can share with future readers too.
Hi Melissa, I’m looking to do this treatment for my newborn as well. Could you share where did you do the correction? Thanks!
Hello! I’m looking to do this treatment for my newborn too. Could you share which clinic did you go to? Thanks!
Good to know about this thing! Cheers! 🙂