Otology

Otology

Otology is concerned with clinical diagnostics and the surgical treatment of diseases of the ear, which are usually accompanied by a loss of hearing. Modern microsurgery of the ear achieves an improvement in hearing with occlusion of eardrum defects or a reconstruction of the auditory ossicular chain in many cases. Different surgical techniques, partly using the latest surgical lasers, are applied. In completely deafened patients, hearing can be restored with a cochlear implant. Implantable hearing aids are a promising new development for the treatment of less severe hearing loss.