The physicians and audiologists with Norton Children’s ENT & Audiology, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, offer sophisticated care for conditions affecting hearing and the ear, nose, throat, head and neck in children and teens. 

Audiology Services

Our team of audiologists, speech-language pathologists and early interventionists specialize in detecting and treating hearing loss. They evaluate hearing, treat hearing loss and provide advanced care to patients with hearing aids and other assistive devices. Services offered by providers include:

• Hearing evaluations adapted to the child’s age and developmental status
• Unsedated and sedated auditory brainstem response (ABR) evaluations
• Hearing aid evaluation, fitting and follow-up
• Cochlear implant evaluation, programming and follow-up
• Bone-anchored hearing device evaluation, fitting and follow-up
• Custom earplugs for swimming and hearing protection

Otolaryngology (ENT) Services

The ear, nose and throat (ENT) physicians (otolaryngologists) at Norton Children’s ENT & Audiology are board-certified specialists treating ear, nose, throat, head and neck conditions in children. Services offered by ENT providers include:

• Reconstrucción de laringe y vías respiratorias
• Sinuplastia con globo para el tratamiento de la sinusitis
• Implantes cocleares
• Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la estenosis de las vías respiratorias (un estrechamiento adquirido o congénito que obstruye el paso del aire a los pulmones)
• Cirugía de tubo auditivo
• Cirugía de nervios faciales
• Cirugía de extirpación de tumores de cabeza y cuello
• Cirugía hipofisaria mínimamente invasiva
• Cirugía pediátrica compleja de las vías respiratorias
• Rinoplastia (cirugía para cambiar la forma de la nariz)
• Endoscopia de glándulas salivales para detectar cálculos e infecciones salivales
• Cirugía y manejo de la enfermedad de los senos paranasales (para tratar la sinusitis crónica y la rinitis crónica)
• Cirugía de tiroides y paratiroides
• Amigdalectomía (extirpación de las amígdalas)
• Tratamiento de masas congénitas en el cuello y tumores pediátricos de cabeza y cuello