Functional Disturbances and Inflammations of the Middle and Inner Ear

Microscopic examination of the ears and determination of the location and extent of the hearing impairment using state-of-the-art examination methods enable individualised therapy planning. Endoscopy of the nose and nasopharynx will also be performed, and if necessary imaging will be undertaken. While drugs are usually sufficient for acute inflammation, chronic inflammation can usually only be remedied via surgery. Comparatively new is the minimally invasive method of balloon dilatation of the auditory tube in the case of tube ventilation disturbances. Essentially, one of the essential treatment targets is maintaining and, if possible, improving hearing function.
If hearing is so severely restricted that language is no longer sufficiently well understood even with hearing aids, we will check as to whether provision of a cochlear implant system (inner ear prosthesis, CI) is effective. A CI leads to improved understanding of language, very often even with single-sided deafness. Active middle ear implants or surgically implanted bone-conduction hearing aids are available for other, less pronounced special cases.