
Pediatric ENT & Airway
Pediatric ENT & Airway
Ear, nose and throat issues are too common for comfort in babies and children. Although they're often as simple as a blocked nose or sore throat, these symptoms may need investigating if they are recurrent. Conditions of the ear, nose, and throat can affect many aspects of children’s lives, including their abilities to learn, play and interact with others.
At Rainbow Children’s Hospital, the ENT and Cochlear Implantation team at Rainbow has treated nearly 234 complex cases successfully till date. The team also helps children with profound deafness attain near-normal hearing. It improves their life by allowing them to gain skill sets that people often take for granted like hearing, acquiring speech and language functions, communicating and continuing with their regular course of life.
Our expertise lies in evaluation, investigation, and management of congenital, neonatal, and pediatric airway issues or lesions, Complex airway reconstruction, Treatment of Congenital Subglottic Stenosis and Tracheal Stenosis, Management of Laryngeal cleft, Laryngeal webs, Laryngotracheal, Reconstruction, and Segmental Tracheal Resection, Management of Pediatric Snoring, Sleep Apnea & Post Tracheostomy
The following services are available at the Rainbow Children’s Hospital for Pediatric ENT:
- Cochlear implantation
- Reconstruction for airway obstruction
- Airway balloon dilation
- Audiological services
- Rehabilitation services
- Postoperative care
- Family Resource Center
- Our Pediatric physicians can help children with the following conditions:
Ear -
- Infections of the inner, middle, and outer ear
- Management of balance and hearing disorders
- Audiological testing for children of all ages from birth to 18. This includes auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing, otoacoustic emissions (OAE), and standard hearing testing.
- Cochlear implantation (available for infants, children, & adults & can be performed at 6 months of years)
- Minimally invasive endoscopic ear surgery
- Aural & microtia atresia
- Congenital, infectious, or traumatic conditions of ear
- Restoring mechanical hearing using middle-ear reconstruction surgery
- Tympanic membrane perforation of a perforated eardrum
- Surgery & care for chronic diseases of air including cholesteatomas
Nose -
- Choanal atresia
- Pyriform aperture stenosis
- Testing & management of allergy
- Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS)
- Removal of adenoids
- Management of skill base masses & sinonasal
- Surgery and care for chronic sinusitis
Throat -
- Diagnosis and treatment for voice disorders
- Endoscopic examination of food, air, & sinus passages
- Surgery and care for trachea and larynx conditions like subglottic stenosis & laryngomalacia
- Removal of tonsils or Tonsillectomy for recurrent infections & obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
Throat -
- Sialoendoscopy
- Enlarged lymph nodes
- Thyroglossal duct cysts
- Branchial cleft cysts
- Salivary gland tumors
- Vascular malformations
- Thyroid nodules and tumors
- Diagnosis & treatment for congenital, infectious, & neoplastic neck and head masses