Ears

Chronic atrophic rhinitis is a chronic inflammation of the nose characterised by atrophy…

Nasal septum deviation is a physical disorder of the nose, involving a displacement of…

Hearing loss is either a partial inability to hear, or a total inability termed deafness.…

Otitis media is a group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear. One of the two main…

Otomycosis is a fungal ear infection, a superficial mycotic infection of the outer ear…

A perforated eardrum is a prick in the eardrum. It can be caused by infection, trauma,…

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous bacterial disease of the nose that can sometimes…

Rhinosporidiosis is an infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi.

Sinusitis, also known as rhinosinusitis and commonly known as a sinus infection, is an…

A vestibular schwannoma (VS), also called acoustic neuroma, is a benign tumor that…

Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing.…

Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a specific form of hearing loss defined…

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the way the…

Branchio-oto-renal syndrome (BOR) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder involving the…

Cauliflower ear is an irreversible condition that occurs when the external portion of the…

Choanal atresia is a congenital disorder where the back of the nasal passage (choana) is…

Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous…

Barotrauma is physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between…

Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is a disorder where pressure abnormalities in the…

Globus pharyngeus is the persistent but painless sensation of having a pill, food bolus,…

Hyperacusis is an increased sensitivity to sound and a low tolerance for environmental…

Labyrinthitis is inflammation of the labyrinth, a maze of fluid-filled channels in the…

A laryngocele is a congenital anomalous air sac communicating with the cavity of the…

Mastoiditis is the result of an infection that extends to the air cells of the skull…

Ménière's disease (MD) is a disease of the inner ear characterized by potentially severe…

Microtia is a congenital deformity where the auricle is underdeveloped. A completely…

Nasal polyps are noncancerous growths within the nose or sinuses. Symptoms include…

A nasal septum perforation is a medical condition in which the nasal septum, the…

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is an angiofibroma also known as juvenile nasal angiofibroma,…

A nosebleed, also known medically as epistaxis, is bleeding from the nasal cavity caused…

Otosclerosis is a condition of the middle and inner ear where portions of the dense…

Perichondritis is inflammation of the perichondrium, a layer of connective tissue which…

A peritonsillar abscess (PTA), also known as a quinsy, is an accumulation of pus due to…

Rhinophyma is a condition causing development of a large, bulbous nose associated with…

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a type of hearing loss in which the root cause lies…

The semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) is a category of rare neurotological…

An exostosis is a benign (non-cancerous) new growth projecting from the surface of a…

Otitis externa, also called swimmer's ear, is inflammation of the ear canal. It often…

Tinnitus is a condition when a person hears a ringing sound or a different variety of…

Tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths, are mineralizations of debris within the…

Tympanosclerosis is a condition caused by hyalinization and subsequent calcification of…

Usher syndrome, also known as Hallgren syndrome, Usher–Hallgren syndrome, retinitis…

Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that…

Waardenburg syndrome is a group of rare genetic conditions characterised by at least some…