text: tubes in the ear casusing hearing loss? i have tubes in my ears because of ottitis media. the tubs's  job are to manage the pressure and keep fluid out. will this tube or its fuctions cause me to have decreased hearing. well when i was 2 years old i had to have tubes in my ears because they were filling up with fuild and i was losing my hearing you will have the tubes in your ears for how ever long the doctor said and then they will take them out i had them in to drain the fluid and my hearing came back to me but i lost 2 sounds that are really no use one very high pitched sound and a very low sound i hear fine now