1.   Adenoidectomy will considerably reduce the overall duration of glue ear.

2.   Discussion Our previous work and that of others has shown the spontaneous resolution of glue ear in the short term.

3.   Finally, parents of children with glue ear should be advised to stop smoking.

4.   Our study shows the long term spontaneous resolution of severe glue ear in children.

5.   Successful treatment of glue ear by attention to underlying allergic disease has been previously reported.

6.   The authors draw attention to what seems to be a large regional variation between rates of surgical treatment for glue ear.

7.   The combined adenoidectomy and ventilation tube groups had the shortest duration of glue ear.

8.   The college said parental smoking had been linked to asthma, glue ear and serious respiratory infections in children.

9.   The college said parental smoking had been linked to asthma, glue ear and serious respiratory infection in children.