ENT

Vivekananda Netralaya - Services - ENT

What is ENT?

Department ENT Started in 2020, this department was developed into a self- sufficient unit providing all kinds of services. During the last year (eases in the Outdoor section were approximately 3,487 patients). The outdoor section was open on all weekdays. Highly specialised surgery like microsurgery of the ear for treatment of various forms of deafness and chronic discharges from the ear as mentioned below are done:- Tympanoplasty, Stapedectomy, Stapedotomy. Atticoantrostomy, Modified Radical Mastoidectomy,

ESS (Endoscopic Sinus Surgery), removal of benign and malignant nasal mass.

Operations on face and neck like surgery of thyroid, parotid, submandibular gland.Voice clinic for hoarseness.

Symptoms of Neuro-ophthalmology:

  • Sudden decrease or loss of vision
  • Sudden transient loss of vision (called transient ischemic attack or eye stroke)
  • Visual hallucinations
  • Double vision or diplopia
  • Intractable headaches
  • Pupillary abnormalities (sluggish reaction, the difference in size of the pupils)
  • Sudden onset of difficulties in identifying colors
  • Inability to tolerate bright light
  • Visual Field Defects
  • Squint or strabismus (especially adult onset)

Causes of Neuro-ophthalmology:

  • Infections
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Medications
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Tumors and other obstructions

Who We Are

This department has a fully air-conditioned chamber and a sound proof cubicle inside with an excellent sound system and audiometric arrangements. All forms of deafness and speech problems (deafmutism, stuttering, voice problems, autism) were dealt with in the Hearing and Speech Clinic. This special clinic had been aiding hearing impaired children as well as geriatric population.

There is increasing number of patients attending both outpatient department and hearing and speech centreas information about the clinic is spreading far and wide.