{"id":317,"date":"2022-06-14T12:39:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/newborn-splinting\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T12:41:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T11:41:22","slug":"newborn-splinting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/newborn-splinting\/","title":{"rendered":"Newborn splinting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u00a0is quite\u00a0common for children to be born with ears that, despite being fully formed,\u00a0are prominent (stick out) or are an unusual shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can happen because of the way the baby was lying in the womb or can sometimes be passed down from a parent. If caught early enough, ideally between 0-12 weeks, then an\u00a0ear can\u00a0sometimes be reshaped with the use of a small splint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thin plastic&nbsp;splint is fitted&nbsp;inside the outer curve of the ear in a way that improves the ears shape&nbsp;and is&nbsp;fixed in place with small sticky&nbsp;tapes. If necessary the ear may need to be taped close to the head if less prominence is desired. The splint will usually stay in place for around the same time&nbsp;as the baby&#8217;s age (i.e 2&nbsp;months old&nbsp;= 2 months splinting)&nbsp;although longer may be&nbsp;required depending on the severity of the deformity and how well the ear responds to the treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the splints we use and the kind of results that can sometimes be achieved visit <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earbuddies.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.earbuddies.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&nbsp;is quite&nbsp;common for children to be born with ears that, despite being fully formed,&nbsp;are prominent (stick out) or are an unusual shape. This can happen because of the way the baby was lying in the womb or can sometimes be passed down from a parent. If caught early enough, ideally between 0-12 weeks, then an&nbsp;ear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"It&nbsp;is quite&nbsp;common for children to be born with ears that, despite being fully formed,&nbsp;are prominent (stick out) or are an unusual shape. This can happen because of the way the baby was lying in the womb or can sometimes be passed down from a parent. If caught early enough, ideally between 0-12 weeks, then an&nbsp;ear","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/earrecon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}