This is a specialty dealing with ear, nose and throat diseases, which includes most of the head and neck ailments. It is located on Level 3 of the Hospital, "B" Wing. The department also has a sophisticated audiology and speech therapy centre with the state of art diagnostic and therapeutic equipments.
The department is dedicated to expanding the frontiers of diagnosis, treatment and research of disorders of the ear, nose and sinuses, throat and the anterior skull base.
Excellence is demonstrated daily through center's sophisticated use of flexible and rigid endoscopes, newly developed video camera system and fine binocular microscopes with the help of world class equipment available in our out patient department several procedures like endoscopic cauterization in epistaxis patient and biopsies of certain nose and throat lesions could be performed. More cases of foreign bodies in this region can be removed with ease.
Clinical objectives are attained through close collaboration with the specialties of neurology, neurosurgery, pulmonology, radiology, anesthesia, internal medicine, allergy, radiotherapy, oncology, and immunology. We also share our thoughts and have case discussions in the regular seminar forum held in our hospital.
Surgeries:
Routine surgeries of EAR, Nose & Throat, Head & Neck. Apart from the routine surgeries, we have special expertise in the following:
» Reconstructive middle ear surgery
» Surgery of the facial nerve
» Congenital ear anomalies
»Revision ear surgeries
» Surgery for snoring and sleep apnea
» Septoplasty and septorhinoplasty
» Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)
» Head and neck cancer surgeries
. Surgery for Thyroid, Parathyroid and Salivary diseases
» Microlaryngeal surgery
» Laser surgeries for several head and neck lesions
» Phonosurgery
. Thyroplasty
. Cochlear Implantation
. Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)
. Surgery for Vertigo
We are proud to have a state of art Audiology & Speech Therapy centre located in the sound treated environment. Following diagnostic and therapeutic procedure are undertaken :
» Hearing Assessment suiting to all age groups (from one day after birth onwards) is performed with great accuracy.
» Pure tone Audiometry.
» Speech Audiometry.
» Free field Audiometry/ Visual Reinforcement Audiometry/ Conditioned Response audiometry.
» Behaviour Response audiometry.
» Acoustic Immitance Studies including Tympanogram, Stapedial reflex,Reflex decay,Eustachain tube function test (ETF1 & ETF2).
» Special Tests of Hearing: SISI, Tine Decay Threshold , STAT, DLI, DLF, ABLB, MLB, MLD, MCL, UCL Loudness Scaling.
» Electrophysiological evaluation of hearing through Brain Stem Evoked Response Audiometry, for threshold of Hearing Estimation & Otoneurological diagnosis.
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
ASSR (Auditory Steady State Response)
» Hearing aid Trial and Fitting.
» Tests for pseudohypacusis.
Assessment Evaluation and Treatment of Voice Speech and Language Disorders:
» Voice disorders : Puberphonia, Androphonia,Hoarseness/Harshness/ Breathiness of voice, Hyponasality/Hypernasality of voice, spastic Dysphonia, Aphonia, Prophylaxis for professional voice users, Laryngectomee rehabilitation.
» Fluency disorders: Stuttering/Stammering, Cluttering.
» Articulation disorders.
» Cleft palate speech rehabilitation.
» Neurogenic speech and language disorders like aphasias,apraxias and dysarthrias.
» Therapy for swallowing disorders (dysphagias).
» Delay in speech and language development due to hearing loss, mental retardation, autism.
» Development and childhood aphasias.
» Maintainence speech therapy in degenerative disorders.
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