Specialized Care

Specialized Care for Every Age

Ear

Our ENT professionals treat conditions including ear infection, hearing loss, dizziness, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), ear pain, and more. Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of Central Pennsylvania in Altoona, PA offers state-of-the-art, comprehensive, specialized ear care for children and adults. Your ear is a complex organ that enables you to connect with your surroundings. Our professional staff is experienced at treating any disorder or condition that you may experience.

Sinus Issues
Ear Wax Cleaning
Itching Ears
Swimmer’s Ear
Ear Pain
Draining Ears
Perforated Eardrum
  • Tympanoplasty
Ear Trauma
Bell’s Palsy (Facial paralysis)
Evaluation for Hearing Loss
Recurrence of Chronic Ear Infections
  • Ventilation tube insertion
Sudden Hearing Loss

Nose and Sinus

The nose is responsible for many functions including smell, taste, and filtration of inhaled air. The physicians at Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of Central Pennsylvania in Altoona, PA are trained and equipped to diagnose and treat a number of conditions that affect the nose. Our ear, nose and throat specialists provide expert care to patients suffering from nasal and sinus problems such as snoring, sinus infections, sinusitis, and nasal obstruction.

Snoring and Nasal Obstruction
  • Medical management
  • Turbinate coblation
Noisy Breathing
Nasal and Sinus Infections
  • Adenoidectomy
  • Pediatric endoscopic sinus surgery
  • Balloon sinuplasty

Throat & Voice

The throat is a muscular tube that extends from the back of the nose to the neck, containing the pharynx, larynx, tonsils, and adenoids, and serves as a passageway for food, liquid, and air. The physicians at Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of Central Pennsylvania in Altoona, PA are fully trained in diagnosing and treating conditions of the throat and voice, including tonsil and adenoid infections, airway problems, hoarseness, swallowing disorders, and vocal cord paralysis.

Tonsil and Adenoid Problems
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Chronic sore throats
  • Tonsil and adenoid infections
  • Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
    • Coblation tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
Hoarseness
  • Microsurgical excision of vocal lesions
Neck Mass
  • Evaluation or excision of enlarged lymph nodes
  • Thyroglossal duct cyst excision
  • Branchial cleft cyst excision
Vocal Cord Paralysis
  • Vocal fold injections
  • Medialization thyroplasty
Swallowing Difficulty
Acid Reflux (GERD) Causing Voice and Throat Symptoms

Snoring And Sleep Apnea

Snoring sounds are produced when the flow of air through the nasal passages to the mouth is somehow obstructed. Our ENT professionals can help you determine the anatomic source of your snoring, as well as the most optimal treatment solution. Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of Central Pennsylvania provides state-of-the-art, comprehensive, specialized care for snoring and sleep apnea in children and adults. Sleep is vital for good health. A lack of sleep can affect your hormone levels, mood, weight and work or school performance and may result in physical, mental, social, and emotional problems.

Snoring
  • Medical management
  • Surgery for uvula and palate
  • Coblation
Surgical Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP)

Pediatric ENT

When a child’s ears, nose or throat aren’t working properly, simple tasks like eating, hearing, and breathing become more difficult. At Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of Central Pennsylvania in Altoona, PA, we offer ear, nose, and throat (ENT) care tailored to your child’s needs. The skilled doctors at Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of Central Pennsylvania treat a wide range of conditions affecting the ear, nose, throat, head, and neck, offering the latest treatment options for children with concerns ranging from ear infections to sleep apnea and hearing loss to noisy breathing. We want your child to be comfortable while in our care and your experience to be the best. Pediatric ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctors are trained experts in both common and complex ENT conditions that affect infants, children, and adolescents.

Pediatric Breathing Disorders
Pediatric Ear Infection
Pediatric Sinus Infections
Pediatric Tonsillitis/Adenoiditis
Pediatric Snoring & Sleep
Tongue Tie (Ankyloglossia)

Pediatric Audiology

The ability to hear plays a fundamental role in the way your child acquires language skills and learns to speak. The specialists at Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of Central Pennsylvania in Altoona, PA can help diagnose and treat hearing loss in children of all ages from infancy through the teen years. Our audiologists have extensive experience and training will provide a hearing test and audiology services for your child’s hearing needs. We understand that a child’s needs are different than an adult’s and have the specialized training and expertise to provide the individualized care your child deserves.

Pediatric Hearing Loss
Pediatric Hearing Aids
Newborn Hearing Screenings
Newborn Hearing Loss

To schedule an appointment to see one of our experienced physicians, please call 814-944-5357