Otology - Neurootology
In this area of ENT expertise, we study 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.