The Audiology Division provides comprehensive audiological services, including audiometry, evoked potential testing, evaluation of balance disorders, hearing aid evaluations and selection, and assistive listening devices. The University of Miami Ear Institute Cochlear Implant Program is one of the largest in the United States and considered a leading research and training center throughout the world. Under the direction of Thomas Balkany, MD, FACS, FAAP, and Annelle Hodges, PhD, CCC-A, the implant program serves patients throughout the United States, the Caribbean basin, and Latin America. The Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology specializes in pediatric disorders of the laryns, trachea, tonsils, adenoids, and sinuses, as well as pediatric neck masses, otology, and obstructive sleep apnea. There is a new emphasis on minimally invasive surgery, quality of life, and conservation of function.
Patients also have access to a wide variety of clinical research protocols.
Interested community physicians are always welcome. The Voice and Speech program focuses on the treatment of voice disorders and the rehabilitation of swallowing problems. Reconstruction of facial or scalp defects following tumor surgery, trauma, or birth defects.