If you sneeze and cough, or your nose and eyes itch and are runny during certain times of the year, you may have allergies. These reactions develop when the body’s immune system becomes sensitized and overreacts to something in the environment. As part of the treatment of allergies it is important to have a thorough nasal exam with endoscopy carefully examine the inside of your nose to assess other possible conditions such as nasal polyps and sinusitis.

Dizziness is a term used to describe a range of sensations, such as feeling faint, woozy, weak or unsteady, or a false sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving.

Dizziness is one of the more common reasons adults visit their doctors. Frequent dizzy spells or constant dizziness can significantly affect your life. Vertigo refers to the illusion of environmental motion, classically described as "spinning" or "whirling." The sense of motion is usually rotatory—"like getting off a merry-go-round"—but it may be more linear—"the ground tilts up and down, like being on a boat at sea." This is important as the symptom of vertigo may indicate an inner ear problem.

The evaluation of a patient with dizziness begins with a complete history and physical examination. This will include an audiogram and clinical assessment of balance function as well as imaging testing to include an MRI or other imaging studies.

You may also need testing specific to evaluate inner ear function:

• Eye movement testing. Your doctor may watch the path of your eyes when you track a moving object. And you may be given an eye motion test in which water or air are placed in your ear canal.
• Head movement testing. If your doctor suspects your vertigo is caused by benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, he or she may do a simple head movement test called the Dix-Hallpike maneuver to verify the diagnosis.
• Videonystagmography (VNG) refers to a test battery run using goggles with video cameras to monitor the eye movement while stimulating the inner ear.
• Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. These otolith-dependent reflexes are produced by stimulating the ears with air-conducted sound or skull vibration and recorded from surface electrodes placed over the neck (cervical VEMPs) and eye muscles (ocular VEMPs).
• The video head impulse test is an ear-specific test that detects disorders of the vestibulo-ocular reflex and identifies which ear is affected in cases of peripheral vestibular loss.

Hearing loss is not just frustrating to the patients but to family and friends that complain of increased television volume, missing what they say and having to repeat themselves, all of which can lead to social isolation. This is especially true in environments with competing noise. Many patients with hearing loss will benefit from hearing aids.

At our hearing center we provide state of the art air hearing aids and audiologists with decades of experience in hearing aid programming to provide optimal performance. This is paramount as not all hearing aids are alike and must be matched to the individual patients hearing loss. However, technologically advanced hearing aids may not be enough to keep a patient fully functioning in the hearing world, and from enjoying a normal life with friends and families. For these patients, there is hope, as we are able to provide the latest specialized devices, through both surgical and non-surgical options, which can restore lost hearing function in many cases.

Rhinoplasty is surgery that changes the shape of the nose, to either change the appearance of the nose, to improve breathing or both.

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Functional Endoscopic Sinus is a minimally invasive surgical treatment which uses nasal endoscopes to enlarge the nasal drainage pathways of the paranasal sinuses to improve sinus ventilation.

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (Complex) Complex sinus surgery includes the maxillary, ethmoid, frontal and/or sphenoid sinuses. This minimally-invasive procedure allows us to remove or correct diseased tissues in the obstructed sinus areas, greatly improving nasal function.

When you have obstructive sleep apnea, parts of your airway get blocked while you snooze. This is a potentially serious condition as it prevents deep restful sleep and decreased oxygen levels while sleeping. This condition can lead to serious health issue that include, high blood pressure, heart disease, mood and memory problems. We can recommend several different treatments to help you treat this condition, there are both surgical and non-surgical options available.