Our Practice: What We Treat

We treat children and adults with medical & surgical conditions involving:

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Ears   |   Nasal & Sinus   |   Throat   |   Ear Trauma  

Airway Disorders  |  Hearing Testing   |   Hearing Implants

Ears

  • Ear infections and diseases
  • Hearing loss (all ages) with the goals of hearing preservation and improvement
  • Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
  • Dizziness, vertigo, and balance disorders
  • Facial nerve disorders, including facial paralysis (Bell's palsy, etc.)
  • Reconstructive middle ear surgery (tympanoplasty, ossiculoplasty, etc.), specializing in the Kraus K-Helix Prostheses
  • Acoustic neuroma evaluations
  • Cochlear implantation for severe and profound deafness
  • Implantable hearing devices (BAHA & Ponto osteointegrated device, cochlear implants, and the MAXUM Hearing Implant)
  • Stapedectomy, revision stapedectomy, tympanoplasty, ossiculoplasty, and mastoidectomy (including ear drum repairs)
  • Cholesteatoma and other ear tumor surgery
  • Intratympanic medication treatment for sudden hearing loss and Meniere's disease
  • Comprehensive medical and surgical treatment of Meniere's disease
  • Plastic reconstructive surgery of the external ear and ear canal (partial and total reconstructions)
  • Correction of prominent ears (otoplasty)
  • Medical and surgical treatment of ear trauma

Nasal & Sinus Disease

  • Control of pediatric nose bleeding (epistaxis)
  • Nasal foreign body removal

Throat

  • Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

 

Ear trauma

  • Fracture repair
  • Plastic surgery repair of the external ear and ear canal
  • Trauma procedures after tympanic membrane/middle ear trauma
  • Facial nerve disorders
  • Facial paralysis (idiopathic) or Bell's Palsy
  • Facial paralysis due to Herpes Zoster (shingles)
  • Facial nerve tumors
  • Acoustic neuroma evaluations

Airway disorders

  • Treatment of airway problems and obstructive sleep apnea in children
  • Tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies

Audiometric Testing (Hearing testing)

  • Comprehensive audiometric testing
  • Tympanometry
  • Acoustic reflex & decay testing
  • Distortion product otoacoustic emission testing & spontaneous emission testing
  • Electronystagmography (including ice water caloric testing)
  • Auditory brainstem response testing (ABR)
  • Auditory Steady State Response testing (ASSR)
  • Cochlear implant mapping (Advanced Bionics and Cochlear Americas devices)
  • Implantable hearing device testing and programming (BAHA & Ponto fitting and adjustments)
  • Envoy ESTEEM™ Totally Implantable Hearing Implant programming.
  • Hearing aid evaluations and fitting
  • Hearing aid evaluations & consultations
  • Hearing aid molds & repairs
  • Digital hearing aid programming
  • FM hearing systems
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Custom ear plugs for swimming, noise control, etc.
  • Hearing aid lab on-site for some repairs
  • Factory repair service

Hearing implants

  • BAHA osseointegrated device and sound processor programming
  • Cochlear implants (Cochlear Americas & Advanced Bionics devices)
  • Envoy Esteem Sound Processor programming and battery replacements
  • MAXUM Hearing Implant
  • Ponto osseointegrated device and sound processor programming

Last revised September 18, 2014