Loyola Medicine’s otolaryngology practice (also known as ear, nose and throat or ENT) is among the top programs in Illinois and in the country. Your Loyola doctor knows that conditions that affect your balance, hearing, smell and other ENT disorders can have a negative impact on your quality of life. Your ENT healthcare team at Loyola will work with you to diagnose and treat your condition in the least invasive way possible, getting you back to your daily activities.
Loyola’s ENT doctors treat children and adults with a wide range of conditions and diseases of the ears, nose, sinuses, larynx, mouth, throat, neck and face. Loyola’s otolaryngologists are trained in both medicine and surgery, and many subspecialize in a particular area. Our expert otolaryngologists provide advanced treatment for the following conditions:
- Allergies
- Balance disorders
- Cancer of the sinuses
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks
- Childhood sleep apnea
- Cholesteatoma
- Cleft lip and palate
- Congenital inner and outer ear disorders
- Cranial nerve disorders
- Deviated septum
- Dizziness
- Ear infections
- Facial deformities
- Facial nerve disorders
- Facial paralysis
- Facial trauma
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Head and neck injuries
- Hearing loss
- Hemangiomas
- Hoarseness
- Loss of smell
- Meniere’s disease
- Nasal obstruction
- Nerve pain
- Nerve pathway disorders
- Otitis media
- Parathyroid nodules and tumors
- Pituitary tumors
- Polyps
- Sinusitis
- Sleep disorders
- Smell disorders
- Swallowing disorders
- Swimmers ear
- Thyroid nodules and tumors
- Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
- Tonsil and adenoid disease
- Tracheal stenosis
- Tumors of the head and neck
- Vestibular schwannoma
- Voice disorders
Loyola offers a range of diagnostic tools to evaluate and diagnose your condition, including:
- Balance testing
- Bone scan
- CT scan (computed tomography)
- Endoscopy
- Fine-needle biopsy
- Hearing testing
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
- PET scan (positron emission tomography)
- Ultrasound
- X-ray
Loyola offers many minimally invasive treatment options and has a reputation for achieving excellent results in endoscopic sinus surgery. Other surgical treatments performed include:
- Cochlear implants
- Cranial base surgery
- Facial reconstruction
- Implantation of hearing aids
- Nasal surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Tumor removal
