Otology - Neurootology

This area of ENT expertise , studies disorders that affect hearing and balance and accordingly treat either with medication or with special surgical procedures.

• Infections such as : external otitis , suppurative otitis media , mastoiditis , viral labyrinthitis .
  
• Trauma ( injuries ) such as :  eardrum perforation , temporal bone trauma , fracture or dislocation of middle ear’s ossicular chain .
  
• Tumors ( benign or malignant ) such as: external canal osteomas , cholosteatoma , acoustic neuroma , cancer of the middle ear .
  
• Diseases that affect the nerve pathway such as: sudden hearing loss , otosclerosis , Meniere’s disease , endolymphatic hydrops , perilymhatic fistula.