A 10-month-old child with recurrent otitis media is brought to the clinic for evaluation. To help determine the cause of the child's condition, the nurse should ask the parents:
a) "Does water ever get into the baby's ears during shampooing?"
b) "Do you give the baby a bottle to take to bed?"
c) "Have you noticed a lot of wax in the baby's ears?"
d) "Can the baby combine two words when speaking?"
Ans: b) "Do you give the baby a bottle to take to bed?"
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