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Find out more about the services and clinics offered at Freeman Hospital and elsewhere within the Newcastle Hospitals
Click here to see treatments availableEar Nose & Throat Service (ENT)
General ENT
Service Referral Criteria
Conditions Treated
- Anosmia
- Branchial Cyst
- Cholesteatoma
- Chronic Supprative Otitis Media
- Dysphagia
- Dysphonia
- Ear Discharge
- Earache
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Exostoses of Ear Canal
- External Ear Canal Conditions
- Facial Pain
- Globus Pharyngeus
- Glue Ear
- Hearing Loss
- Labyrinthitis
- Myringitis
- Nasal Blockage
- Nasal Polyps
- Nasal Trauma > 11 days
- Noise-induced Hearing Loss
- Non-organic Hearing Loss
- Otalgia
- Otitis Externa
- Otitis Media
- Otorrhoea
- Otoscerlosis
- Pharyngeal Pouch
- Prebyacusis
- Recurrent Ear Infection
- Rhinitis
- Salivary Gland Disease
- Septal Deviation
- Septal Perforation
- Sinusitis
- Snoring
- Submandibular Gland Lesions
- Tinnitus
- Recurrent Epistaxis
- Nose Bleeds
- Recurrent Tonsilitis
- Loss of Smell
- Menieres
- Wet Perforation of Ear Drum
Procedures Performed
- Audiogram
- Tympanogram
- Insertion of Grommet
- Myringotomy
- Fine Needle Aspiration
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Hall Pykes Procedure
- Eplys Procedure
- Biopsy
- Nasal Cautery
- Swab
- Rigid Nasendoscopy
- Flexible Nasendoscopy
- Removal of Wax
- Aural Microsuction
- Stapedial Reflexes
Exclusions
- Foreign Body
- Bells Palsy
- Quinsy
- Cervical Lymphadenopathy
- Neck Lumps
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Hoarse Voice
- Sudden Hearing Loss
- Tonsillar Tumour
- Stridor
- Pinna Lesions
- Epiglotitis
- Nasal Trauma < 10 days
Administrative Requirements
- If your patient requires transport this should be booked by the Practice
- If your patient requires an interpreter then please include comprehensive details with the referral letter
- Please confirm all demographic details of your patient
- Please include any past medical and/or surgical history
- Please state whether your patient has been treated or see for the same condition at this or any other hospital
- Please include a current list of medication your patient is currently taking
- Please ensure any "suggested investigations" are completed prior to referring your patient, and all results are attached with your referral letter
