Patient Information

Information on any of the following topics is on the American Academy of Otolaryngology's website. Once you click on the topic a new web browser window will open for you with the information. 

What is an Otolaryngologist - Head and Neck Surgeon
Meniere's Disease

Ears

• How the Ear Works

• Ears, Altitude and Flying

• Cochlear Implants

• Ear Infection and Ear Aches

Hearing

• Hearing Health Center

• Does My Baby Have Hearing Loss?

• Noise, Ears and Hearing Protection

• Tinnitus (Ringing in the Ears)

• Five-Minute Hearing Test

• Buying a Hearing Aid

• Hearing Aids Through the Ages (Virtual Museum Exhibit)

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Nose

• Antihistamines, Decongestants and Cold Remedies

• Post-Nasal Drip

• Sinusitis - More than Just a Cold or Allergy

  • Americans and Sinus Pain

  • Can Over-the Counter Medications Help?

  • Causes of Sinus Pain

  • Learn your Sinusitis Score

  • Pediatric Sinusitis

  • Sinus Surgery

  • Tips for Sinusitis Sufferers

  • Twenty Questions and Answers about Your Sinuses

• Sinus & Allergy Health Partnership

Throat

• Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

• Dysphagia (Swallowing Disorders)

• Sore Throats

• Hoarseness

Tobacco and Cancer

• Spit Tobacco - It's No Game

• Secondhand Smoke and Children

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General Otolaryngic Topics

• Bell's Palsy and Facial Nerve Disorders

• Smell and Taste Disorders

• Snoring

  • CPAP

  • LAUP

• Temporo-Mandibular Joint Pain (TMJ)

• Your Thyroid Gland