The Microtia and Atresia Program provides care for children with deformities of the inner and outer ear with best-in-class repair and reconstruction services.
Services
Surgeries most frequently performed by the Ear & Hearing Center surgeons include:
Procedures to treat chronic ear disease
Procedures to restore conductive hearing loss
Cochlear implantation
Tumors of the cranial base
Conditions treated:
Congenital aural atresia
Ear canal exostoses or stenosis
Tympanic membrane perforation
Cholesteatoma and chronic otitis media
Ossicular discontinuity
Conductive hearing loss not secondary to middle ear effusion
Complications of otitis media (coalescent mastoiditis, intracranial abscess, temporal lobe encephalocele, etc.)
Sensorineural hearing loss (mild, moderate, severe or profound)
Skull base tumors (paraganglioma, chordoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, endolymphatic sac tumors, etc.)
Acoustic neuroma, including patients with neurofibromatosis
Temporal bone trauma
Facial nerve palsy
After treatment, Ear & Hearing Center specialists continue to work closely with a child's family, teachers, school nurse and speech therapist to monitor progress.
