Hi sue - just after Father’s Day I got a bad cold -fever -sore throat -headache- & ear infection— took Augmentin for 10 days went back & got it checked several times, and it was healing properly but the fluid in the middle ear stayed —-I waited it out 3 months and saw 3 ENTs for opinions —hoping it would go away on its own — but it didn’t so the ENT did this procedure- she said if this had been a chronic condition that I have been dealing with multiple times she would’ve put the tube in but since it was an isolated incident at the moment we would try this first —-she numbed it, made a tiny hole and sucked out the fluid — but since the second she did it - it feels solid blocked/pressure and ringing. I’m not sure it would feel any different if she had placed the tube as is the very same procedure without tube placement