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Anyone can get an ear infection, which it is usually caused by the common cold. Children however whose immune systems are underdeveloped, who live in a house with smokers or whose parents and siblings have recurrent ear infections are more prone than adults.
Use the tool below to identify matching risk profiles by simply choosing the image that most closely reflects your age or that of a friend or family member. The information provided is based on immunisation guidelines from the Department of Health.
All children in the UK, under the age of two years, are offered vaccinations against key diseases such as ear infections caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Getting your child vaccinated offers the best protection against this type of ear infection. For further information on vaccination click here.
Click here to view our interactive wheel showing the current routine childhood vaccinations.
Acute otitis media, otherwise known as middle ear infection, is a condition that can be caused by pneumococcal disease, to find out more...
