BOSTON (CBS) - What if you could diagnose your child's ear infection in the comfort of your own home? Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a smartphone app that may be able help.

Paired with a small piece of paper, the app can help detect fluid build-up in ears, and in turn, whether or not an infection is present. Here’s how it works: Using a small paper funnel attached to a ...

Middle ear infections, which are detected by fluid buildup in the ear canal, are the most common reason for pediatric visits. Some 2 million kids every year have these infections, but beyond signs of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers have created a way for a smartphone to "hear" a warning sign of ear infections — fluid buildup behind the eardrum. If it pans out, parents might one day check their tots' ...

Wondering if your kid is dealing with an ear infection? Soon, according to researchers at the University of Washington, there’ll be an app for that. They claim to have created a simple test that uses ...

As Ed Cara reports for Gizmodo, the key to this user-friendly, inexpensive test is a smartphone app called EarHealth. Created by scientists from the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s ...

An app can diagnose ear infections in children by emitting a soft chirp and listening to the way the sound reflects back. To work, all it requires is a smartphone and a funnel made from folded paper.

“Based on the size of the problem, we really wanted to design a technology that could detect it accurately, and also be accessible to a wide audience,” says Justin Chan, a doctoral student at the Paul ...