Time to improvement of OME
At the 2-week follow-up, 11 ears were free of OME. At the 6-week follow-up, 9 more ears were found to be OME-free. At the 12-week follow-up, a further 3 ears were free of OME, giving a total of 23 ears (53.49%) OME-free over the 12-week period. Myringotomy was performed after xylitol gum chewing in 13 ears (30.23%) or 10 patients (33.33%) The data are presented in Table 2 .