ENT

ENT Treatment in India

ENT is a medical abbreviation for ears, nose and throat. A doctor who specializes in treating disorders related to these organs, is called an “ENT,” or in technical terms is an otolaryngologist. ENT Treatment in India is an important branch of medicine.

The ears, nose and throat are important sensory organs with great roles in day to day functioning. The ears are not just related to hearing, but also function to provide you with a sense of balance. The nose provides a sense of smell, but also partially provides for your sense of taste. The nose also plays an important function in defensive mechanisms of the body and humidifying air to prevent germs from entering the body. The throat provides the route for both air to reach the lungs, as well as the route for food and water to enter your digestive tract.

Dysfunction to the ears, nose or throat are disruptions to daily life and in some cases may constitute a medical emergency. If you have chronic ear, nose, or throat problems, it is advisable to not only see a primary care physician, but to also include an otolaryngologist in the management of your disorder.

Ear Nose Throat Disorders

The surgeries for the throat include complex procedures like Laryngectomy (cancer of the larynx) and it also include an easy procedure of Tonsillectomy (tonsils) or Adenoidectomy ( removal of the adenoids by surgery). The ear surgeries are done to correct the problems associated with hearing. The surgeries of the nose are done to treat the sinus problems. The surgeries of neck and head are performed to remove a tumor or also construct the damaged area after injury or trauma. The problem of tumors (lumps) in the parotid can be largely seen in every age group. These tumor forms from an abnormal growth of the cells inside the gland. It has been examined that about 80% of the tumors are non-cancerous and are known as Benign Tumors. Although very rarely these tumors could be cancerous.

ENT Treatments in India are available for following conditions:

Inner Ear Disorders

Vestibular system

Acoustic Neuroma

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Ear Disorders Caused by Drugs

Herpes Zoster Oticus

Meniere Disease

Purulent Labyrinthitis

Vestibular Neuronitis

Middle Ear Disorders

Infection (such as acute otitis media, chronic otitis media, myringitis, or mastoiditis)

Blockage of the eustachian tube (which connects the middle ear and the back of the nose)

Injury (such as eardrum perforation, barotrauma, or objects in the ear)

Mouth and Throat Disorders

Mouth, Nose, and Throat Cancers

Laryngeal Cancer

Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Mouth and Throat Cancer

Paranasal Sinus Cancer

Salivary Gland Cancerc

Nose and Sinus Disorders

Bacterial Nasal Infections

Deviated Septum

Nasal Polyps

Objects in the Nose

Perforations of the Septum

Rhinitis

Sinusitis

Outer Ear Disorders

Developmental Abnormalities of the Outer Ear

Ear Blockages

Ear Tumors

External Otitis (Swimmer’s Ear)

Malignant External Otitis

Perichondritis

Paediatric (Kids) Ear, Nose & Throat Conditions

Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Kids Airway

Kids Hearing (Hearing Loss)

Others

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (Sleep & Snoring)

Unintelligible Speech

ENT Treatment are monitored by an otolaryngologist. ENT treatment will vary according to what type of problems or symptoms you are having. In the early stages of a disorder, surgical procedures may not be warranted. But for specific issues, ENT surgery is warranted.

ENT Surgery

The ENT surgeries are divided into three categories-

Routine Surgery

Endoscopic orbital, optic nerve decompression and DCR.

Revision ear surgery

Middle ear reonstructive surgery

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery

Facial nerve surgery

Congenital anomalies of the ear

Neck and head surgery

Thyroplasty

Endoscopic skull base surgery

Surgeries for sleep apnoea and snoring

Septorhinoplasty and Septoplasty

Neck and head cancer surgery

Laser surgery for neck and head lesions

Phonosurgery

Micro laryngeal surgery

Speech and Audiology Therapies

Pseudohypacusis tests

Behaviour Response Audiometry

Hearing Assessment

Hearing Aid Fitting and Trial

Speech Audiometry

Special tests of hearing- Tine Decay Threshold, DLI, MLB, UCL, Loudness Scaling, STAT, ABLB, MCL

Free Field Audiometry

Electrophysiological evaluation of hearing through the brain stem evoked response audiometry

Conditioned response audiometry

Pure tone audiometry

Acoustic Immitance Studies such as Stapedial reflex, Reflex decay, Tympanogram, Eustachain tube function test

Voice Speech and Language Disorders

Maintenance speech therapy in degenerative disorders

Delay in speech and language development due to mental retardation, hearing loss and autism

Voice disorders (Androphonia, Puberphonia, Harshness/Breathiness of Voice/Hoarseness, Spastic Dysphonia, Hyper nasality of voice, Prophylaxis)

Development and childhood aphasias

Articulation disorders

Cleft palate speech rehabilitation

Therapy for swallowing disorders (dysphagias)

Neurogenic speech and language disorders like apraxia, dysarthrias and aphasias

All the surgeries are performed under ENT specialists or doctors and the facilities are performed under fully operational unit that include evaluation, imagine audio visual assessment, OPD procedures and examination.