Bone conduction hearing implants can help improve hearing in those with conductive or mixed hearing loss, or single-sided deafness, and can also be used in cases where conventional hearing aids have been ineffective or are not possible to use.

Cochlear implants are used when hearing loss is severe enough to mean that normal hearing aids don’t help enough.

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, sometimes called functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is the name for surgical procedures performed when medical methods such as antibiotics, decongestants and nasal steroid sprays have been found to be unsuccessful in treating chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps or other sinus conditions.

The grommet itself is a small plastic collar which sits in the eardrum and holds a very small hole open, to allow air to move from one side of the eardrum to the other and equalise pressure.

Intratympanic steroid injection is an outpatient procedure used to treat conditions that affect the inner ear including Meniere’s Disease and sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss.

Microscopic examination and microsuction is performed by an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist or audiologist to look into the ear and clear the ear canal of wax and debris.

Otoplasty is a surgical procedure to change the shape of your ears, particularly if they are considered to be protruding.

Rhinoplasty is the name for an operation to change the shape of the nose.

Surgery to straighten the septum.

A stapedectomy is a surgical procedure of the middle ear performed in order to improve hearing.

Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (SCDS) causes problems with hearing and balance. It is caused by an abnormal opening between the upper part of the inner ear and the brain.

Tympanomastoidectomy, sometimes referred to as combined approach tympanoplasty, is a surgery undertaken for chronic middle ear disease and most commonly for a condition called cholesteatoma.

Tympanoplasty surgery is the term used for an operation where any part of the eardrum and space behind the eardrum is reconstructed or repaired. This operation is performed to either repair a hole in the ear drum or strengthen a part of the ear drum that is weakened and leading to risk to the bones of hearing

Voice feminisation surgery is performed to alter the length, bulk and tension of the vocal cords to raise the pitch of the voice.

Myringotomy is a procedure performed by an ENT surgeon to drain the middle ear of fluid that may be causing hearing loss and pressure symptoms.