Clinical Services
We treat both adult and pediatric patients with hearing and balance disorders. With expertise in the full breadth of diseases of the ear and skull base, the Upstate otology team combines experience and cutting edge technology to manage often complex disorders.
Conditions treated:
Hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Meniere’s Disease
Benign tumors of the ear including acoustic neuroma, vestibular schwannoma and glomus tumors
Malignant tumors in the ear or skull base
Perforation of eardrum (tympanic membrane)
Chronic ear drainage
Ear infections
Abnormal growths in the ear, eg. cholesteotoma
Sudden hearing loss
Superior Semicircular Canal dehiscence
Dizziness/Vertigo
Facial nerve disorders
We are the only center in the region using a minimally invasive approach to many ear diseases, Endoscopic Ear Surgery.This entails using endoscopes to perform surgery though the ear canal rather than from a large incision behind the ear.
Other specialty procedures include:
BAHA/Osia implants: Bone-conduction hearing implants
- Cochlear Implantation: coordinated care for evaluation, surgical placement, and programming of cochealr implants
- Gamma-knife treatment of skull base tumors related to inner ear structures
