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Overcoming Hearing Impairments
The specialists of the Children’s Hearing Program are skilled in the treatments that help our youngest patients thrive
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Expertise in Cochlear Implants
Our Cochlear Implant Program team works daily to help patients start a new life through improved hearing
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Finding Solutions Through Surgery
Offering the newest minimally invasive technologies, our specialized surgeons are skilled in correcting hearing and balance issues
About the Ear Institute at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Mount Sinai
Nearly 48 million Americans experience hearing loss that interferes with their daily lives at home, work, and school. At the Ear Institute of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, our unparalleled services and expertise make a significant quality of live improvement for these individuals, ranging from newborns to geriatrics.
For more than 200 years, the Ear Institute has built an extraordinary reputation for forging diagnostic, treatment, and research breakthroughs in the field of otology and lateral skull base disorders. This includes pioneering and developing minimally invasive endoscopic ear surgery for everything from tympanoplasty (repairing the eardrum) to stapedectomy to removal of glomus tumors.
We are among the first in the nation to use both endoscopes and exoscopes (robotic arm microscopes that enhance visualization) in the treatment of skull base pathology and pioneers in using virtual reality for balance disorders. Our Cochlear Implant and Bone Anchored Implant Program is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the nation, providing the full range of services for those with specialized hearing needs.
Multidisciplinary Approach at the Ear Institute
Our highly skilled and experienced team of neurotologists, otolaryngologists, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, educational specialists, and other professionals work together in a multidisciplinary approach to create a personalized treatment plan for every conceivable hearing and balance issue, from the routine to the highly complex. Additionally, we collaborate with physicians in Neurology, Neurosurgery, Head and Neck Oncology, and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for complex cases involving tumors of the head, neck, and lateral skull base.
Hearing and Balance Conditions We Treat
From routine diagnoses to the most complex cases, the team at the Ear Institute treats the full spectrum of ear-related disorders and conditions, including:
- Acoustic neuromas (also known as vestibular schwannoma)
- Cerebrospinal fluid leaks from the ear
- Cholesteatoma
- Chronic ear infections
- Glomus tumors (head and neck paragangliomas)
- Hearing loss
- Meniere’s disease
- Microtia
- Otosclerosis
- Sudden hearing loss
- Vertigo and balance disorders
Browse the comprehensive list of conditions we treat here.
Why Choose the Ear Institute for You or Your Loved One
At the Ear Institute, our patients have unparalleled access to:
- State-of-the-art diagnostic and operating room technology
- Leading minimally invasive surgical techniques
- Superior medical and surgical therapies for all balance, hearing and skull base disorders
- Latest advancements in Cochlear implantation and hearing-assisted devices
- Comprehensive team of specialists
- Groundbreaking clinical trials and research projects supported by the NIH, FDA and many other organizations
To schedule an appointment, call:
The Ear Institute of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
212-979-4200
212-614-8379