ENT (Head & Neck, Speech and Audiology)
The Department of ENT at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Hospitals treats ear, nose and throat conditions in adults and children. Its team includes ENT surgeons, speech therapists, head and neck surgeons and audiologists. The department has a strong record with complex speech and throat procedures. It handles ENT emergencies, including severe headaches, bleeding, balance problems and breathing difficulty. It also offers hearing, speech and language therapy, plus reconstructive surgery for the ear, nose and face. Paediatric ENT care covers tonsils, breathing problems, ear infections, lesions, adenoids and congenital conditions.
Treatments
- Hearing impairment and ear diseases
- Laryngology and voice disorders
- Paediatric ENT
- Chronic nasal and sinus disorders
- Speech-language pathology
- Tonsillitis
- Sinusitis
- Deafness
- Disorders of the larynx
- Swallowing Difficulty
- Breathing difficulty during sleep
- Breathing Difficulty
- Sleep Apnoea & snoring
- Change of Voice
- Throat Irritation
- Cough, Sore Throat
- Thyroid and parathyroid disorders
- Problems of head and neck soft tissue masses or lesions
- Headaches
- Deviated Septum
- Rhinology (nose and sinus disorders – including allergies)
- Nose Bleeds
- Poor Sense of Smell
- Blocked Nose
- Balance and dizziness issues
- Hearing loss
- Earache & Ear Discharge
- Balance Problems
- Ringing in Ears
Expertise
- Microscopic Ear Surgery
- Microscopic voice box surgery
- Rhinoplasty (to correct the shape of the nose)
- Otoplasty (to change the shape of the ears)
- Stapedectomy
- Voice surgeries
- Minimally invasive ENT surgery
- Minimally invasive endoscopic sinus surgery
- Speech and language therapy
- Customised treatments for sleep disorders
- Surgery for sleep apnoea
- Paediatric Otolaryngology
- Surgeries for head and neck cancers
- Head & neck surgery
Treatments and Procedures
Snoring & OSA
Loud snoring can signal obstructive sleep apnoea, a condition that needs attention. Untreated apnoea can cause daytime sleepiness, morning headaches, high blood pressure and eventually heart failure. Patients are typically advised to lose weight, and in some cases the airway is surgically improved.
Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants are for people with significant hearing loss who do not benefit enough from hearing aids. They do not restore normal hearing, so sound initially seems mechanical until the brain adapts over time. Implants help with lip-reading, perceiving environmental sounds and monitoring one’s own voice. The ENT outpatient clinic works with otology, audiology, speech pathology and psychology teams to run the programme.
Audiology
The department offers a broad range of hearing and balance diagnostics and restorative services. Services are tailored for newborns, children, adults and older patients.
- Hearing tests
- New-borns and infants hearing screening
- Hearing aid fitting
- Assistive listening devices
- Cochlear implant services
Chronic Nasal and Sinus Disorder
Accurate diagnosis is central to treating chronic nasal and sinus conditions. Treatment may combine medication with surgery, guided by a multidisciplinary team in allergy, radiology, neurology and pulmonology.
- Nasal stuffiness
- Recurrent infection
- Loss of smell
- Chronic sinusitis
- Nasal polyps
