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Current nonsurgical treatment options are limited. This study evaluates the feasibility of at\u2010home use of a novel prototype autoinflation device for children with OME or eustachian tube dysfunction.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Single\u2010arm cohort study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pediatric otolaryngology private clinic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Children aged 1 to 12 years with OME were recruited from a pediatric otolaryngology clinic and asked to use the device twice daily for 4 weeks. Baseline audiometry and tympanometry were performed at recruitment, with subsequent tympanometry testing after first use and at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks. Audiometry testing was repeated at week 4. Compliance was tracked using an App.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty\u2010one patients were included (average age: 5.1 years, range: 2\u201012 years). After a single session, 86% of patients had middle ear pressure improvement in at least one ear, which maintained stable at 83% at week 4. Additionally, 86% of patients with hearing loss exhibited improvement at 4 weeks, where the average pure tone average in ears with baseline hearing loss improved from 26.8 to 18.9\u2009dB HL.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These results demonstrate significant improvement in both tympanometry and audiometry after 4 weeks of device use. 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