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Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery

The department of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery (NKO-GH in Dutch, ORL) offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with ear, nose and throat disorders 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)

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UZ Leuven gasthuisberg campus
Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
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News and events

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

9 October 2020
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: 27 February 2024