Patient Education

Welcome to our online patient education page!  Most of these links are to the patient education section of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, but some lead to other, trusted websites for patients. 

 What Is An Otolaryngologist?

Ears and Balance

•   How the Ear Works
•   Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
•   Buying a Hearing Aid
•   Child's Hearing Loss  Cholesteatoma
•   Cochlear Implants
•   Dizziness and Motion Sickness
•   Doctor, Please Explain Ear Tubes
•   Doctor? ¿Por Qué a Mi Hijo Le Duele El Oído?
•   Doctor? ¿Qué Causa El Ruido En El Oído?
•   Ear Plastic Surgery
•   Ears and Altitude
•   Earwax
•   Fact Sheet: Better Ear Health
•   Fact Sheet: Child Screening
•   Fact Sheet: Hyperacusis ? An increased sensitivity to everyday sounds
•   Fact Sheet: Know the Power of Sound
•   Fact Sheet: What you should know about otosclerosis
•   Fact Sheet: Your Genes and Hearing Loss
•   Infant Hearing Loss
•   Loudness-Scale
•   Meniere's Disease
•   Noise & Hearing Protection
•   Perforated Eardrum
•   Swimmer's Ear
•   Tinnitus
•   Why Do We Fall?

Throat

•   Doctor?¿Para Qué Sirven Las Amígdalas Y Los Adenoides?
•   Fact Sheet: About Your Voice
•   Fact Sheet: Effects of Medications on Voice
•   Fact Sheet: Laryngeal (Voice Box) Cancer
•   Fact Sheet: Nodules, Polyps, and Cysts
•   Fact Sheet: Tips for Healthy Voices
•   Fact Sheet: Tonsillectomy Procedures
•   Fact Sheet: Vocal Cord Paralysis
•   Fact Sheet: Voice Disorders
•   Fever Blisters and Canker Sores
•   Gastroesphageal Reflux (GERD) & Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR)
•   Hoarseness
•   Salivary Glands
•   Smell & Taste
•   Sore Throats
•   Swallowing Trouble
•   TMJ
•   Tonsils and Adenoids

Face, Head and Neck

•   Children and Secondhand Smoke
•   Facial Sports Injuries
•   Fine Needle Aspiration
•   Head and Neck Cancer
•   Spit Tobacco
•  Thyroid Gland
•  Bell's Palsy

Nose

•   Allergies and Hay Fever
•   Antihistamines, Decongestants, and "Cold Remedies"
•   Cillary Flow of Mucous Membrane
•   CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea
•   Diet and Exercise Tips
•   Drainage Path Close-Up
•   Fact Sheet: 20 Questions about Your Sinuses
•   Fact Sheet: Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, and Rhinosinusitis
•   Fact Sheet: Antibiotics and Sinusitis
•   Fact Sheet: Build Your Own Sinus Mask
•   Fact Sheet: Deviated Septum
•   Fact Sheet: Injection Snoreplasty
•   Fact Sheet: Sinus Surgery
•   Fact Sheet: Sinusitis: Special Considerations for Aging Patients
•   Fungal Sinusitis
•   Laser Assisted Uvula Palatoplasty (LAUP)
•   Nose Surgery
•   Nosebleeds
•   Pediatric Sinusitis
•   Post-Nasal Drip
•   Sinus Headaches
•   Sinus Pain - Can Over-the-Counter Medications Help?
•   Stuffy Nose
•   What is Sinusitis?
•   Your Nose:  The Guardian Of Your Lungs