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This is a speciality dealing with ear, nose and throat diseases, which
includes most of the head and neck ailments. It is located on the Ist floor
of outpatient officiers of the doctor's "B" Wing at the Gate
No.-2. 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
specialities of neurology, neurosurgery, pulmonology, radiology,
anaesthesia, 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.
» Microlaryngeal surgery.
» Surgery for snoring and sleep apnoea.
» Thyroplasty.
» Septoplasty and septorhinoplasty.
» Functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
» Head and neck cancer surgeries.
» Revision ear surgeries.
» Laser surgeries for several head and neck lesions.
» Phonosurgery
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 Conditioned Response audiometry.
» Behaviour Response audiometry.
» Acoustic Immitance Studies including Tympanogram, Stapedial
reflex,Reflex decay,Eustachain tube function test (ETF! & 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.
» 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.