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When does your hearing usually come back from an ear infection?
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Depends: After an ear infection from behind your middle ear resolves, the hearing returns after the ear drum swelling resolves as well as the fluid accumulation in your middle ear. This can take up to 90 days, though most resolve within 30.
Answered 6/2/2018
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