Ear, Nose and Throat

The Ear, Nose and Throat Department is specialised in the medical and surgical treatment of the following pathologies:

Deafness and inflammatory diseases of the ear  

• Systematic neonatal screening for deafness
• Care for the deaf child within a network: diagnosis, etiological assessment,   PEA/BERA, radiology, surgery (e.g.: cochlear implant), rehabilitation in cooperation with the Centre Comprendre & Parler
• Cholesteatoma and perforated eardrum  

Vestibular pathologies 

• Assessment and rehabilitation of balance disorders. The department is a reference centre for functional otoneurology.   

Sinonasal diseases 

• Congenital nasal stenosis, polyps and tumours 
• Cystic fibrosis and primitive ciliary dyskinesia in cooperation with the Pneumology Department  

Pathologies of the respiratory tracts 

• Stridor, obstruction and laryngotracheal stenosis 
• Disorders of the voice, deglutition and orality within the voice clinic  

Cervical and facial pathologies 

• Congenital neck cyst
• Cervical tumour in cooperation with the Bordet Institute  

Congenital malformations, clefts and trisomy

Ear, Nose and Throat, general paediatrics:

• Obstructive sleep apnea, otitis, allergies
• Infections of the respiratory tract, abscess, cervical cysts  
• Speech therapy and psychomotricity
• Epistaxis, foreign bodies.

The Ear, Nose and throat Department cooperates actively with 

• the Necker Hospital for Sick Children for pathologies of the ear
•  KULeuven for pathologies of the respiratory tract