Otology / Neurotology in South Dakota

What is the Otology / Neurotology

Otologist / neurotologist - a doctor who specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of diseases and disorders of the ear, temporal bone, perforated eardrums and problems inner ear that affect the balance and cause hearing loss. Physician-otologist can remove tumors located at the base of the skull, behind jaw and sinuses. As well as studying the related problems of the system the head and neck.

 Neurotologist well versed in matters of functioning hearing nerve, the vestibular apparatus, the anatomy of the head and neck. Diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical skills include the treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the ear, hypoacusis, tinnitus, auditory nerve, vertigo, ear congenital malformations and tumors of the ear.

What treats the Otology / Neurotology

A more extensive list of ear diseases:

• Sensorineural hearing loss;
• Conductive hearing loss;
• Vestibular neuronitis;
• Tumors (cancer of the ear canal, glomus tumor, acoustic neuroma);
• Temporary bone tumors;
• Tumors of the skull base;
• Hearing impairment and deafness (hearing aids, cochlear implants);
• Facial nerve disorders, including Bell's palsy;
• Vertigo, Meniere's disease;
• Pulsatile tinnitus;
• The perforation of the eardrum;
• Acute and chronic ear infections;
• The conductive and sensory hearing loss;
• Otosclerosis;
• Injuries ear.

Treatment

 Otology / Neurotology provides advanced surgical and non-surgical treatment options, and the latest in microsurgical techniques, hearing restoration and intra-operative monitoring. These procedures include:

• Cochlear implantation;
• Hearing aids;
• Acoustic Neuroma/ Vestibular Schwannoma management;
• BAHA implantation;
• Intratympanic steroids;
• Gentamicin injection;
• Meniett treatment;
• Ossicluar chain reconstruction;
• Mastoidectomy;
• Stapedectomy;
• Tymopanoplasty;
• Myringotomy and tubes;
• Skull base tumor resection and management;
• Labyrinthectomy;
• Tympanomastoidectomy;        
• Facial nerve reanimation procedures.