My ent doctor said that septoplasty and turbinate reduction could indirectly reduce the frequency of my ear infections. does this make sense?

Possibly: A structural anomaly that makes you more prone to upper airway infections can lead to more frequent middle ear disease.Mucous trapping and impeded drainage allows buildup of more food for germs. The more germs hang around, the more places the germs eventually infect. They routinely put ear tubes in cleft palate kids at their first repair because their head structure is so prone to ear infecti.