Otolaryngology in Florida

Overview

An otorhinolaryngologist is a surgeon who specializes in evaluating and treating disorders of the head and neck, specifically the face, ear, nose, throat, sinuses, neck organs and skull base. The name comes from the Greek base words "oto" for ear, "rhino" for nose, and "laryngo" for throat. In the past 50 years, the specialty has expanded from "ear, nose and throat" to a surgical specialty of the head and neck.

The Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery/Audiology at Mayo Clinic in Florida includes physicians specializing in medical as well as surgical treatments, including transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) for throat cancers.

The Section of Audiology offers services for hearing loss; deafness and vertigo, including hearing and balance evaluations; hearing-aid evaluation and sales; cochlear implants; auditory evoked responses; electronystagmography; posturography and canalith repositioning procedures. The Mayo Hearing Aid Clinic,
(904) 953-0500, is located off the third floor lobby in the Davis Building on the clinic campus.

Speech pathologists, working closely with physicians, evaluate and treat swallowing disorders of the mouth and throat and voice and speech disorders.