National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics: Foreign Body in Ear - Discussion of methods of removal. eMedicine Health - Ear Pain, Scuba Diving - Presents the risks and treatments for scuba induced ear problems. SCDSsupport.org - Forum and support group for people suffering from the rare ear condition Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome. Includes links to related resources. NIDCD: Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma) and Neurofibromatosis - Provides information on this benign tumor that develops on the balance and hearing nerves supplying the inner ear, its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Otolaryngology on Line: Otology - Dr. T. Balasubramanian provides an educational site for medical students covering many of the conditions affecting the ear. Otolaryngology on Line: Anatomy of External Auditory Canal - Dr T Balasubramanian describes the embryological development of the ear canal, its anatomy and histology. Otolaryngology on Line: Physiology of External Auditory Canal - Article by Dr T Balasubramanian explaining the auditory and non-auditory functions of the ear canal, its secretions, the cerumen produced, its self-cleaning function and epithelial migration. eMedicine Health - Foreign Body, Ear - Consumer health resource center providing the symptoms and treatment of this common problem. Secretion secrets: things you didn’t know about ear wax - The BBC’s list of five facts about ear wax.