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Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Speech and Hearing (ASLP)

Ear, Nose & Throat and Audiovestibular services
The doctors, registrars and staff of Department of ENT at CMC Vellore focused on the treatment of ear, nose and throat conditions in adults and children. This will include problems in hearing and deafness, ringing in the ears, vertigo (dizziness), noses that are very stuffy or runny all the time, tonsil problems, cancers of the ENT areas etc.
The Department strives to excel through service research and provides the highest level of training to future otolaryngologists. All five units offer medical and surgical care for common ENT conditions in adults and children over 4 years. General ENT – common problems such as otitis media, hearing loss, tonsillitis, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis and dizziness – constitutes 70 percent of each unit’s work.
The unit-wise specialisations include:
Unit 1: Head and neck conditions, including tumours and endoscopic skull base surgery;
Unit 2: Special paediatric problems for under-4-yearolds, including congenital disorders, airway problems and cochlear implants;
Unit 3: Specific nasal conditions such as fungal infections, nasal and sinus tumours, corrective nasal surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery.
Unit 4: Ear and hearing, balance disorders and chronic dizziness, including specialised surgery for dizziness and hearing, cochlear implants and lateral skull base surgery;
Unit 5: Laryngeal cancers and voice, swallowing and airway disorders, including 24×7 cover and surgery for laryngeal trauma.
The Department has outreach clinics in the Community Health department, RUHSA, the Chittoor campus hospital and the Shalom Family Medicine Clinic.
Out Patient Clinics
ENT unit 1 Monday, Thursday
ENT unit 2 Tuesday, Friday
ENT unit 3 Wednesday, Saturday
ENT unit 4 Monday and Friday
ENT unit 5 Tuesday and Friday

Special tests and treatments:
Endoscopy: The endoscopy room is situated in the OPD area. About 60 to 70 patients are evaluated each day. It is staffed with a team of doctor from the ENT Department and two staff nurses. Flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscopy uses an endoscope whose shape can be changed so it could go around corners. This is done for patients with problems such as snoring, laryngeal problems causing hoarseness and some throat problems like cancer of the throat. Rigid nasal endoscopy uses an endoscope that does not bend but is straight to look just in the nose. This is done for patients with nose, sinus and nasopharyngeal problems. The pictures can be seen on a monitor, as there is a tiny video camera on the end of the endoscope.
Stroboscopy: Stroboscopy is done in the OP area as part of the voice assessment. It is done for patients with voice problems to look at the vibratory pattern of the vocal cords. The larynx has the vocal cords in it. The cords are like guitar strings and make sound by vibrating. By using pulsed light, the movement of the vocal cord is seen in slow motion. The picture is stored on a computer and can be replayed and analysed later.
Voice clinics:
Voice clinics are on Tuesdays and Saturdays in the OP area. Stroboscopy is used by the ENT Specialist. Then they see a speech therapist who analyses their voice. Computer software is used for this. Treatment is then planned for the patient during this clinic.
Audiovestibular clinics:
The clinics are managed by doctor who has special training in this field. The problems of hearing (audio) and balance (vestibular) are assessed and treated here. The unit performs special tests and runs rehabilitation programmes. They can help people with hearing problems, speech (the sounds made) and language (the words) problems and balance disorders. After the clinician has examined, the patient is sent to the audio-vestibular lab
The Diagnostic services / tests include:
  • Pure tone audiometry – the levels of sound (different noises) that people can hear and Impedance audiometry – to test how the parts of the ear, especially the eardrum are working.
  • Auditory brainstem response (ABR) audiometry – evaluates the electrical activity in the brain stem that happens when a person hears a sound.
  • Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR): is a special type of ABR which is very useful in assessing the hearing levels in babies who need to have hearing aids fitted.
  • Oto-acoustic emission testing (OAE) – a special hearing test that records the sounds that the ear produces. A tiny microphone and speaker are put into the ear canal for this test.
  • Electrocochleography & Videonystagmography are used for evaluating (testing) a person with giddiness.
  • Hearing Aid trial – hearing aid is a small electrical device put into the ear to help people hear
  • Neonatal screening for deafness – testing all newborn babies to see if they are deaf; since January 2010 we perform universal neonatal screening for all the babies born in our hospital.
  • Speech assessment – testing what people say and how well they understand words / language
  • Voice analysis and therapy – done by the audiologists using computer based software


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Contact Information

Address :

The Head

Department of ENT

3rd Floor, OPD Building

Christian Medical College Vellore

Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004

Tamil Nadu, India 

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Mon-Fri: 8 am to 4.30 pm

( Sat : 8 am to 12:30 pm)