ear thermometers have become really popular over the past few years and believe it or not they are very accurate. they usually give some type of reading within five seconds and if you have a child or a baby and you are trying to get them to have a thermometer that's a tough thing to do. so getting them to at least stay for five seconds i think is possible with an ear thermometer. digital thermometers nowadays are battery operated so you want to make sure that you replace the battery. you want to also keep the instructions with it. some of them have to be what we call recalibrated. you may want to call the company to find out if that's the case with your thermometer. but these days so many of them are so economically affordable that you could probably go out and just get a new one. i would say take three readings and if they vary a lot i would definitely recommend getting a new thermometer.
do those ear thermometers really work? how do i know if my older digital thermometer is reading correctly?