Ear, nose and throat disease, head and neck surgery

The department of ear, nose and throat disease, head and neck surgery (ENT-HNS) offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with ear, nose and throat diseases both for children and adults.

Ear, nose and throat disorders, head and neck surgery

Nose, smelling and allergy disorders (rhinology and allergy)
Ear, hearing and vertigo disorders (otology, audiology, neurotology)
Hearing center for cochlear and middle ear implantation, bone conduction devices
Skull base surgery
Throat and upper airway disorders (laryngology)
Head and neck disorders
Voice and speech disorders
Esthetical facial disorders
Cleft lip and palate
Paediatric (Children’s) Hearing Assessment
Snoring and sleeping
Swallowing disorders
Speech and language therapy (MUCLA)

UZ Leuven gasthuisberg campus

Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery

Herestraat 49

3000 Leuven

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Digital follow-up for first patients with hearing implants

27 September 2022

For the first time UZ Leuven doctors and audiologists are testing telemonitoring in patients that were given a cochlear implant for the treatment of their loss of hearing. A new app makes digital follow-up possible for patients. As a result they don't have to come to the hospital that often for check-ups.

Study sheds new light on cause of loss of smell in COVID-19

10 November 2021

Loss of smell is a common symptom of COVID-19. Flemish doctors have taken tissue samples of deceased COVID-19 patients and have discovered that the virus infects the supporting cells of the olfactory mucosa, but not the nerve cells with the odorant receptors. The olfactory bulb in the brain was also spared.

Doctors construct new outer ear from rib cartilage

About 1 in 6,000 babies is born with a deformed or absent pinna at one or both ears. This rare disorder is called microtia. UZ Leuven has a technique in place where a new pinna is constructed from the patient's own rib cartilage. Since 2015, 13 children have successfully undergone such a pinna reconstruction.

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Last edit: 29 July 2024