Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat

Ray Clarke is a Consultant Otolaryngologist at Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital Alder Hey and Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean at University of Liverpool.

Preface, vii

How to use your textbook, viii

About the companion website, xii

Part 1 The ear, hearing and balance

1 The ear: applied basic science, 3

2 Clinical examination of the ear, 8

3 Testing the hearing, 10

4 Deafness, 18

5 Conditions of the pinna, 25

6 Conditions of the external auditory meatus, 31

7 Otitis media, 39

8 Acute otitis media, 41

9 Chronic otitis media, 45

10 Complications of middle-ear infection, 50

11 Otitis media with effusion, 56

12 Earache (otalgia), 61

13 Tinnitus, 63

14 Balance disorders, 65

15 Facial nerve paralysis, 71

Part 2 The nose and sinuses

16 Clinical examination of the nose and nasopharynx, 77

17 The nasal septum, 82

18 Acute nose and sinus infections, 87

19 Tumours of the nose, sinuses and nasopharynx, 93

20 Rhinitis and nasal polyps, 97

21 Facial plastic surgery, 105

Part 3 The head and neck

22 Adenoids, 113

23 The oropharynx and tonsils, 117

24 Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), 126

25 The larynx: applied basic science and examination, 130

26 Inflammatory disorders of the larynx, 136

27 Head and neck cancer, 141

28 Voice disorders, 148

29 The pharynx and upper oesophagus, 153

30 Tracheostomy, 158

31 Diseases of the salivary glands, 165

32 Neck lumps, 173

Part 4 ENT emergencies

33 Injuries of the ear and temporal bone, 183

34 Nasal emergencies, 187

35 Airway obstruction, 192

36 Airway obstruction in infants and children, 195

37 Pharyngeal and oesophageal ingested foreign bodies, 205

38 Neck trauma, 208

39 Maxillofacial trauma, 211

Index, 218