Otolaryngology is the medical specialty that focuses on disorders in the ear, nose, and throat. Although many of us think of hearing loss, sinus problems, or ear infections when we think of otolaryngology, it encompasses much more. 

Otolaryngology and its allied services provide care for a wide range of disorders, including:

• hearing
• balance
• smell
• taste
• voice
• speech
• language

Otolaryngologists also manage the treatment of head and neck cancers, as well as perform reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery.

• Facts and Overviews
  • Ear, Nose, and Throat Facts
  • Audiology
  • Otolaryngology

• Balance Disorders
  • Acoustic Neurinoma
  • Ménière's Disease

• Common Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Deviated Septum
  • Ear Infections
  • Sinusitis
  • Snoring
  • Tonsillitis

• Hearing Disorders
  • Hearing Aids
  • Hearing Loss
  • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
  • Presbycusis
  • Tinnitus
  • Usher Syndrome
  • Hearing and Speech Communication Services and Devices

• Language Disorders
  • Aphasia
  • Landau-Kleffner Syndrome

• Hearing and Speech Communication Services and Devices

• Laryngeal Cancer (Cancer of the Larynx)

• Smell and Taste Disorders (Chemosensory Disorders)

• Speech and Voice Disorders
  • Spasmodic Dysphonia
  • Stuttering
  • Hearing and Speech Communication Services and Devices

• Vocal Cord Disorders

• Glossary

Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat) Care
at Rush

The Department of Otolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, provides state-of-the-art care for patients with diseases of the ear, nose, sinuses, larynx and upper respiratory tract as well as diseases of the head and neck, tracheobronchial tree and esophagus.

For more information about the otolaryngological care at Rush visit the Otolaryngology home page.

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