How the ear, nose and throat work, and the infections, cancers and other disorders that affect them, with the tests that find them.
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The external and internal parts of the ear are the hearing and equilibrium system of the body. The nose is a part of the upper respiratory tract. It contains the organ of smell. The throat is involved in both digestion and respiration. It receives food and air from the mouth, and air from the nasal cavities.
Ear diseases and disorders can affect hearing, balance or both. They range from ear infections, swimmer's ear and tinnitus to Ménière's disease, otosclerosis and vertigo. Hearing loss is covered at every age, from newborn hearing screening to noise-induced and age-related hearing loss, along with hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Sensory Perception 
Hearing Disorders and Deafness 
Hearing Protectors 
Sound Tolerance Conditions 
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss 
Diabetes and Hearing Loss 
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids 
Genetics of Hearing Loss 
Work-Related Hearing Loss 
How People with Hearing Loss Learn Language 
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss 
Hearing Problems in Children 
Pendred Syndrome 
A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss 
Age-Related Hearing Loss 
Speech and Communication Disorders 
Newborn Hearing Screening 
Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss The nose filters the air we breathe and carries our sense of smell, which shapes taste. Its problems range from injuries, allergies, sneezing and enlarged adenoids to nasal cancer, along with rhinoplasty and saline rinses, and smell and taste disorders such as anosmia, ageusia and Kallmann syndrome.
Most throat problems, like a sore throat, are minor and caused by a virus, and go away on their own. Others range from strep throat, tonsillitis, hoarseness and a lasting cough to voice disorders such as spasmodic dysphonia, swallowing problems like achalasia, snoring, and conditions a baby is born with, like laryngomalacia.
Ear, nose and throat infections are among the most common illnesses, caused mostly by viruses and sometimes by bacteria. They include the common cold, flu, sinusitis, strep throat, laryngitis and ear infections such as swimmer's ear.
Strep Throat 
Enterovirus Infections 
Sinusitis 
Masks 
Flu 
Flu, COVID-19, Allergies, or Cold? 
Common Cold 
Diphtheria 
Group A Streptococcal Infections 
Seasonal Allergies 
Hypersensitivities 
Environmental Allergies 
Laryngitis 
Rheumatic Fever 
Scarlet Fever 
Ear Infections 
Glue Ear 
Swimmer's Ear 
Labyrinthitis 
Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts 
Progressive Deafness with Stapes Fixation Ear, nose and throat cancers are among the head and neck cancers, starting in the mouth, nose, sinuses, throat, voice box or thyroid. They include oral, nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, laryngeal and thyroid cancer, along with rare childhood types such as esthesioneuroblastoma.
Nasopharyngeal Cancer 
Head and Neck Cancer Oral Cancer 
Childhood Nasopharyngeal Cancer 
Childhood Esthesioneuroblastoma 
Olfactory Neuroblastoma 
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma 
Auditory Neuropathy 
Nasal Cancer 
Oropharyngeal Cancer 
Oral Cavity, Pharyngeal, and Laryngeal Cancer Prevention 
Laryngeal Cancer 
Barrett's Esophagus 
Esophageal Cancer 
Childhood Esophageal Cancer 
Tylosis with Esophageal Cancer 
Alcohol and Cancer Risk Hypopharyngeal Cancer Childhood Laryngeal Tumors 
Thyroid Cancer 
Medullary Thyroid Cancer 
Childhood Thyroid Cancer 
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Ear, nose and throat tests check hearing, the nerves of the head and the thyroid. They include newborn hearing screening, hearing tests for children and adults, the cranial nerve exam and thyroid cancer screening.
Some ear, nose and throat disorders affect children or older adults in particular. In children they include hearing problems, Pendred syndrome and rare cancers such as nasopharyngeal cancer; in older adults, age-related hearing loss and balance problems.
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