Precautions for children with ear grommets and water Ear grommets and swimming – can my child swim with grommets in? Yes – your child can swim one week after the grommets are placed. Swimming at an ocean beach needs no special care. Showering in clean water will be fine without precautions. If your child swims […]
Deaf in One Ear: The School Child
Childrens hearing problems – deaf in one ear Children who are deaf in one ear should be assessed by an audiologist and an Ear Nose and Throat Specialist to check if anything can be done to correct the deafness. Some parents, teachers and doctors think that a child who is deaf in one ear will […]
People with hearing loss suffer in silence
Hearing loss SMH, AAP, August 20, 2011 More than half of Australians with hearing difficulties have not done anything to correct the problem, a survey has found. Almost one in five Australians suffers from hearing loss, making it hard for them to communicate with family, friends and colleagues in noisy environments. However, a survey of more than […]
The Eustachian Tube
The Eustachian tube The Eustachian tube, also auditory tube or pharyngotympanic tube is a tube that links the nasopharynx to the middle ear. It is a part of the middle ear. In adult humans the Eustachian tube is approximately 35 mm long. It is named after the sixteenth-century anatomist Bartolomeo Eustachi. Some modern medical books […]
ENT Clinic Randwick Contact Us
ENT Clinic Randwick – how to get here Entrance from Belmore Road up the steps next to CUA and Bravo Entrance from inside the mall on Level 1 next to Altitude Travel Phone: 1300 123 368 or 02 8188 2570 Email: referrals@entclinic.com.au We are located in the Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Suite 70B, Level 1 – conveniently […]
Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy
Adenotonsillar hypertrophy: Correlation between obstruction types and cardiopulmonary complications Arzu Tatlıpınar MD, Murat Biteker MD, Kaan Meriç MD, Gülüm İvgin Bayraktar MD, Ahmet İlker Tekkeşin MD, Tanju Gökçeer MD, Laryngoscope, Article first published online: 17 JAN 2012 Objectives/Hypothesis: To evaluate the association of upper airway obstruction (UAO) type and cardiopulmonary complications in children. The effect of […]
Headache and Ear Nose and Throat Problems
Summary A variety of ear, nose and throat disorders can cause headache. This is because nerves in this region can refer pain into the head and face. Sinus infection caused by colds, flu or hayfever can cause headaches. Treatment varies according to the underlying cause. Many ear, nose and throat disorders can cause or contribute […]
Hemotympanum
About hemotympanum Hemotympanum or hematotympanum, refers to the presence of blood in the tympanic cavity of the middle ear. Hemotympanum causes The most common causes include therapeutic nasal packing, epistaxis, clotting disorders, blunt trauma to the head and skull base fracture. For patients with epistaxis, dysfunction of the Eustachian tubes is thought to be the […]
Botulinum toxin in the treatment of facial synkinesis and hyperkinesis
Botulinum toxin – Botox for facial palsy Roberto Filipo MD, Irma Spahiu MD, Edoardo Covelli MD, Maria Nicastri MHS, Gian Antonio Bertoli MD, The Laryngoscope, Volume 122, Issue 2, pages 266–270, February 2012 Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma (AN2011), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., June 28–July 1, 2011 Objectives/Hypothesis: Facial synkinesis and hyperkinesis commonly impair […]
Should antibiotics be prescribed for acute otitis media?
Antibiotics for acute otitis media Abbas A. Anwar BS,Anil K. Lalwani MD The Laryngoscope, Volume 122, Issue 1, pages 4–5, January 2012 Background Acute otitis media (AOM) accounts for nearly 15 million antibiotic prescriptions every year and has become the most commonly cited reason for antimicrobial therapy among children in the United States With the continuing […]
Advances in Medicine Lead Stars to Surgery
Adele Voice Problems New York Times, November 18, 2011 By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. The rash of singers who have canceled concerts this fall to undergo throat surgery — Adele, Keith Urban, John Mayer — might suggest that touring takes a terrible toll on the vocal cords. Yet doctors who specialize on vocal issues point […]