Evaluation of the Tympanostomy Tube Delivery System

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with either chronic otitis media with effusion or acute otitis media and scheduled to undergo tympanostomy tube insertion Exclusion Criteria: * Reaction to anesthesia * Markedly atrophic, bimeric, severely retracted, atelectatic or perforated tympanic membrane * Otitis externa * Active acute otitis media * Otitis media pathology requiring T-tubes * Stenosed ear canal * Anatomy that precludes visualization and access to tympanic membrane * Anatomy that necessitates tympanostomy tube placement in posterior half of membrane