[Music] blue ear is a condition that affects eight out of ten children in the uk the national deaf children society wanted to help people understand a bit more about the condition and how it can be treated so they asked children like me to come up with a story about glue ear this is the story of ninja phoenix and dj at the gloopy glop early one morning as the sun was rising over bug land the mountain mist was starting to clear deep inside the mountain was the secret base of the death ninja team or dnt for short inside the base three ninjas were fast asleep dj ninja phoenix and fred these brave and clever ninjas were the protectors of bug land all of a sudden what's that fred signed ninja phoenix replied i don't know let's check with lightning quick speed they grabbed their hearing aids and turned them on switched on and ready for action [Music] the dnt were able to talk to each other using their radio aids do you know where we're going back to our favorite audiologist follow me by making their bullet bikes go at the speed of light they are at the source of the problem in no time at all the dnt arrived at the feet of a boy called dylan they switched the modes on their bullet bikes and headed for dylan's ear time to investigate the team said fred shouted back to the other ninjas look behind the eardrum it's the gloopy glop we've got to get it out of there dylan has glue here that's why he can't hear properly so what are the options i know let's check with our audiologist the audiologist explained the different options so the first option is something called an auto vent it's basically a very clever balloon like you'd have at a birthday party we'll put it in your nose and then you blow as hard as you can until it's as big as a mango the second option would be giving you hearing aids that way we can see if the gloopy glop disappears by itself with time hearing aids will help you to hear better and you can get them in lots of cool colors and patterns too sometimes glue ear goes away by itself which is why we have a watchful waiting period but this time around because you've had glue ear for a while dylan we're going to try grommets they're teeny tiny tubes even smaller than an ant the doctor will give you a little medicine which will help you go to sleep and when you wake up it will all be done it won't hurt one bit here's what you need fred thanks doc the dnt punctured the eardrum and drained away the gloopy block then carefully the ninjas inserted the grommet that'll stop the gloopy glop from coming back said fred great another glue here victory for the dnt let's go back to the mountain and celebrate [Music] not so fast said dj there's another blue ear emergency [Music]