Ear, nose and throat: World-class expertise, focused on you

Audiologists are hearing specialists. They work with ear, nose and throat doctors to provide nonmedical treatments for hearing disorders.

Speech and language pathologists work closely with our ENT doctors in this clinic. Together, we evaluate swallowing difficulties and plan treatment. We also offer help with voice problems.

Treating ear, nose and throat conditions can affect your appearance or the function of these parts of your body. We offer surgical services to help.

Our pediatric audiology program caters to the unique hearing needs of children.

For our youngest patients, we offer special ear, nose and throat care.

Our cochlear implant team has extensive experience with this treatment approach, which has enhanced the quality of life for so many patient of all ages.

Our ENT providers are part of a team of a dozen separate specialties working together to treat all types of head and neck cancers. These include cancers of the mouth, throat, tongue, tonsil, larynx, lip, sinuses and nasal cavity.

Our ear specialists perform surgery for cochlear implants, acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) and other conditions of the ears and base of the skull.

When an aneurysm or tumor sits below the brain, skull base surgery can remove the lesion in a less invasive way than open brain surgery.

We provide a team evaluation of facial nerve function and rehabilitation, including surgery. We see patients for new onset and long-term facial paralysis.

Our team provides general and specialized ENT care. We help assess, diagnose and treat many conditions, including:

• Airway stenosis

• Balance disorders and dizziness

• Disorders of the sinuses

• Facial nerve disorders

• Facial trauma

• Head and neck cancer

• Hearing loss 

• Obstructive sleep apnea

• Other airway conditions (inpatient laryngology procedures and office-based laryngology procedures)

• Swallowing difficulties

• Voice disorders

We offer a wide range of treatments for a wide range of conditions. Our team works together to find the treatments that will be best for you. Whenever it’s possible, we use nonsurgical or minimally invasive treatments first.

Surgical treatments we offer include

• Cochlear implantation and bone-anchored hearing aid surgery

• Comprehensive head and neck surgery

• Ear canal and ear drum repair

• Facial feminization surgery

• Mandibular advancement devices (MADs) therapy

• Nasal reconstructive surgery (rhinoplasty)

• Reconstructive facial surgery following Mohs skin cancer removal

• Robotic surgery for throat and larynx cancer

• Sialendoscopy

• Skull-base surgery

• Surgery for acoustic neuroma and cholesteatoma

• Surgery to treat facial paralysis

• Transoral laser microsurgery

At UW Health, we strive to improve the care for all people with ear, nose and throat disorders. Our team works to understand these conditions better. They use what they learn to explore new treatments and improve the quality of life of those they help. 

Clinical trials are an essential part of our work. They allow us to test new ways to prevent, detect and treat ENT conditions. As our patient, you may gain access to these new methods of care before they are available in other places.