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Airway Obstruction

Airway obstruction, also known as foreign body airway obstruction, happens when a small item gets stuck in a child’s throat or upper airway and makes it hard for the child...

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Allergic Rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis is a reaction that occurs when your child breathes in something they are allergic to.

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Treatment

Audiogram

An audiogram is basically a picture of your child's hearing.

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Auditory Brainstem Response Evaluation

An auditory brainstem response evaluation sees how well sounds travel along your child's hearing nerve pathways from the ear to the brainstem.

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Bone-Anchored Hearing Systems

Bone-anchored hearing systems (BAHS) are devices used to treat ear conditions that interfere with hearing.

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Branchial Cleft Cyst

Branchial cleft cysts and sinus tracts are a mass of abnormally formed tissues within the head and neck.

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Treatment

Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to examine your child’s throat, larynx, trachea, and lower airways through a tool called a bronchoscope.

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Cholesteatoma

Cholesteatoma is the accumulation of skin in an abnormal location, typically behind the eardrum.

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Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants are an increasingly common option for managing hearing loss.

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Conditioned Play Audiometry

A conditioned play audiometry test measures your child's ability to discriminate between different sound intensities, recognize pitch, or distinguish speech from background noise.

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Deviated Septum

A deviated septum occurs where there's an abnormal shape to the wall that divides your child's two nostrils.

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Ear Infection

An ear infection. also called an otitis media, is inflammation in the middle ear space.

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Treatment

Ear Tubes

Ear tubes are small tubes that are surgically placed into your child's eardrum to help drain the fluid out of the middle ear.

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Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

In endoscopic sinus surgery, microsurgical instruments open and go into the sinus cavities and clean the sinuses out.

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Condition

Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoid

Enlarged tonsils and adenoids happen when tissues in the mouth are infected.

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Facial Fractures

Facial fractures are broken bones in the face.

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Facial Nerve Paralysis

Facial nerve paralysis happens when a child cannot move muscles that control smiling and blinking, among other facial movements.

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Treatment

Hearing Aids

Hearing aids are electronic or battery-operated devices that can amplify and change sound.

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Hearing Loss

Hearing loss is a problem with one or both or ears that reduces a child’s ability to detect sound.

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Treatment

Hearing Tests

Hearing tests evaluate your child’s response to sounds to determine if they have hearing loss.

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Hemangioma

A hemangioma is a type of benign tumor in infants.

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Hemifacial Microsomia

Hemifacial microsomia is a condition in which half of one side of the face is underdeveloped and doesn't grow normally.

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Laryngomalacia

Laryngomalacia (or laryngealmalacia) results from a birth defect in your child’s voice box (larynx).

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Microtia

Microtia is a birth defect of a baby’s ear in which the external ear is small and not properly formed.

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Neck Masses

Neck masses are rarely cancerous. The majority are benign enlarged lymph nodes caused by infection or inflammation.

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Nosebleeds

Nosebleeds (epistaxis) are fairly common in children, especially in dry climates or during the winter months.

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is when a child’s breathing is repeatedly blocked during sleep.

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Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis

Pharyngitis and tonsillitis are infections that cause inflammation and soreness in the throat.

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Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Sensorineural hearing loss is an extremely common type of hearing loss that affects the inner ear.

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Sinusitis

Sinusitis is an infection of the sinuses near the nose.

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Stridor

Stridor is a high-pitched sound that is usually heard best when your child breathes in (known as “inspiration”). It’s usually caused by an obstruction or narrowing in your child's upper...

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Stuttering

Stuttering is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by repeated sounds, prolonged sounds, and blocks.

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Swimmer's Ear

Otitis externa, or swimmer's ear, is the inflammation of the external ear canal caused by fungi or bacteria.

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Thyroglossal Duct Cyst

A thyroglossal duct cyst is a mass or lump in the front part of neck that is filled with fluid.

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Thyroid Nodules

A thyroid nodule is a lump that forms within the thyroid gland.

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Treatment

Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

A tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy is a procedure where large, inflamed tonsils and adenoids are removed from a patient.

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Vascular Malformations

Vascular malformations are benign (non-cancerous) lesions that are present at birth, but may not become visible until weeks or months later.

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