Otology and Neurotology
Our Otology and Neurotology specialists provide diagnosis, treatment, and therapy for a vast array of problems affecting the ear and the surrounding parts of the head and skull base. From acoustic tumors and hearing loss to cochlear implants, laser microsurgery, repairing ear drums or managing cholesteatoma, our team provides state of the art treatment. We are the only Louisiana center for Auditory Brainstem Implants to provide hearing when hearing nerves are absent.
Conditions Commonly Treated:
- hearing loss and deafness
- acquired and congenital hearing loss including those considering cochlear implantation, otosclerosis
- ossicular erosion
- sudden hearing loss
- autoimmune inner ear disease
- chronic ear disorders
- chronic otitis media and mastoiditis
- cholesteatoma
- tympanic membrane perforation
- Eustachian tube disorders
- tumors and disorders of the temporal bone and lateral skull base
- acoustic neuromas/vestibular schwannomas
- meningiomas
- glomus tumors
- rare tumors
- cerebrospinal fluid leaks and encephaloceles
- pulsatile and non-pulsatile tinnitus
- facial nerve disorders
- Bell's palsy
- neuroma
- traumatic injury
- dizziness and other balance disorders
- Meniere's disease
- superior semicircular canal dehiscence
- vertigo
- temporal bone trauma
- other otologic and neurotologic conditions.
