Otorhinolaryngology and phoniatrics in current practice

The target group of readers is mainly ENT specialists, general practitioners, medical students and doctors „ liaison“ specialties (neurology, dentistry, ophthalmology and others).

Provides information about the anatomy of the ear, physiological acoustics, physiology and pathophysiology of balance, examination methods of the auditory organ and auditory functions, classification and evaluation of hearing lesions, the basics of hearing rehabilitation, examination of the balance system and the facial nerve.

It also deals with diseases of the external, of the middle and inner ear, of the nose and its sinuses, anatomy, diseases and investigation of the swallowing tract, salivary glands, larynx and trachea. It also presents traumatology of ENT area, thyroid diseases and surgery, cervical nodules, developmental anomalies of the neck, sleep-disordered breathing.

The special section is supplemented by chapters on rehabilitation of patients with ENT diagnoses, the use of robotic surgery in otorhinolaryngology and a chapter on phoniatrics as a specialty.

The text is accompanied by rich colour pictures.