Children's ear, nose and throat

About

Our children's ear nose and throat (ENT) and head and neck surgery services are based at St Mary’s Hospital. The department manages complex airway, head and neck and chronic ear conditions in children, as well as more common ENT problems including sleep disturbance.

The team work closely with the paediatric and neonatal intensive care units to assist in airway management, which includes tracheostomy where necessary.

Conditions and treatments

• tonsillitis
• recurrent acute otitis media
• otitis media with effusion (glue ear)
• chronic suppurative otitis media
• speech and language delay secondary to auditory dysfunction
• tongue tie
• breathing difficulties
• hearing difficulties
• broken nose
• upper airway allergy
• neck lumps
• salivary gland pathology
• facial palsy
• foreign bodies in the ears, nose or throat
• sleep apnoea
• sore throat diagnosis
• paediatric voice
• ear wax

Further online resources

• Children's and young people