The Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology is part of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. We specialize in the care of newborns, infants, children, and adolescents with diseases of the ear, nose, throat, and neck.
Our team of pediatric otolaryngologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, audiologists and speech-language pathologists — combined with the pediatric surgical services at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center — provide children with the latest methods of evaluation and treatment in a child-centered environment.
The experience and advanced training of our pediatric otolaryngologists enable us to treat the full range of otolaryngologic problems seen in children using the latest medical treatments and the most advanced surgical techniques.
We treat children with common illnesses including:
- Chronic infections of the, ears, tonsils, adenoids, and sinuses
- Hearing loss
- Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea
- Stridor or noisy breathing
- Infections of the neck or lymph nodes
- Epistaxis (nose bleeding)
- Allergic rhinitis
- Chronic cough
- Hoarseness and other voice disorders
We also assess and treat children with more complex disorders not typically treated in community settings including:
- Complex congenital and acquired airway disorders (laryngomalacia, subglottic stenosis, and respiratory papilloma)
- Vocal cord disorders (vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord nodules, and paradoxical vocal cord movement)
- Masses or lesions of the neck (thyroglossal duct cyst, branchial cleft cyst, cystic hygroma, vascular malformation, and hemangioma
- Congenital malformations of the ears (microtia and atresia)
- Congenital malformation of the nasal passages (choanal atresia)
- Chronic ear disease (Cholesteatoma and ear drum perforation)
- Trauma or burns of the airway
- Chronic drooling
- Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)
- Swallowing disorders (dysphagia)
- Hearing loss evaluation for bone anchored hearing aid(BAHA)
- Hearing loss evaluation for cochlear implantation
Subspecialty clinics:
- Cochlear implantation
- Craniofacial and cleft palate
- Sleep and breathing disorders
- Sensori-neural hearing loss
- Allergy
- Swallowing or dysphagia with FEES (Functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing).
We work with other Johns Hopkins specialists to care for children with complex medical problems.