Hearing loss affects one in ten North Americans. Our physicians are trained in both the medical and surgical treatment of hearing, ear infections, earwax, balance disorders, ear noise (tinnitus), nerve pain, earaches, and facial and cranial nerve disorders. Otolaryngologist  also manages congenital (birth) disorders of the outer and inner ear.

Problems you may experience include diseases of the ear, including trauma (injury), cancer, nerve pathway disorders, which affect hearing and balance. Other examples include: ear infection; swimmer’s ear; hearing loss; ear, face, or neck pain; dizziness, ringing in the ears (tinnitus); child’s hearing loss; ear tubes; infant hearing loss; earaches; cholesteatoma; vertigo and motion sickness