Otology
Ear care for hearing, comfort and long-term health.
Assessment and treatment for ear symptoms and conditions, from wax clearance to complex middle-ear care.
When ear symptoms need specialist care
Ear symptoms can affect comfort, communication, sleep and confidence. A focused consultation helps identify the cause and discuss an appropriate treatment plan.
Common concerns assessed
- Wax build-up and blocked ears
- Ear pain and recurrent outer-ear infections
- Fungal ear infection
- Hearing changes and hearing loss
- Tinnitus
- Glue ear and recurrent middle-ear infection
- Ear-drum perforation
- Cholesteatoma
- Otosclerosis
- Exostoses (“surfer’s ear”)
- Eustachian tube problems
- External-ear lesions
Procedures offered
Services include microsuction wax clearance, grommet insertion, tympanoplasty and endoscopic tympanoplasty, ossicular reconstruction, mastoidectomy, intratympanic steroid injection and appropriate management of external-ear conditions.
If you have sudden hearing loss, severe pain, facial weakness or other urgent symptoms, seek urgent medical advice.