Collaborating closely with radiation and medical oncologists, Aultman offers patients the entire spectrum of treatment options – addressing each patient’s underlying condition while maximizing function and quality of life.

ENT specialists, supported by Aultman's state-of-the-art facilities, use the most advanced medical and surgical options to treat the following head and neck disorders:

• Endocrine cancers, including papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular carcinoma and medullary carcinoma
• Head and neck cancers, including cancers of the oral cavity (tongue, lips and cheeks), oropharynx (tonsils and base of the tongue), larynx (voice box and throat) and nasopharynx (nasal cavity and skull base)
• Neck masses
• Parathyroid disorders
• Salivary cancers
• Salivary disorders, including salivary gland infections, salivary gland masses and salivary gland stones
• Skin cancers of the head, scalp and neck, including melanomas and non-melanomas
• Sleep apnea
• Thyroid nodules
• Voice box tumors
• Vocal cord lesions

ENT experts at Aultman use the latest medical and surgical treatment options to treat the following disorders:

• Allergies
• Deviated septum
• Fungal sinusitis
• Nasal congestion
• Nasal obstructions that affect sleep
• Nasal polyps
• Sinusitis
• Sinus headaches
• Tumors of the nasal cavity and skull base

As an alternative to CPAP and traditional sleep surgery, Aultman experts offer hypoglossal nerve stimulator – a sleep apnea implant that detects your breathing and, with each breath, stimulates a nerve to help keep your airway open. Using a handheld device, you turn the implant on before going to bed and off when you wake up.

The eligibility criteria for hypoglossal nerve stimulator include:

• Having sleep apnea that's moderate to severe (not mild)
• Obstruction that occurs at the palate and/or base of the tongue
• BMI less than 35

Throat specialists use state-of-the art equipment and technology at Aultman to treat the following throat problems:

• Airway disorders due to trauma or damage to the larynx and/or trachea that impacts breathing
• Difficulty swallowing, also called dysphagia, when muscles and nerves in your throat aren't working correctly due to injury, inflammation, blockage and more
• Hoarseness caused by injury or chronic inflammation
• Laryngeal cancer
• Sinusitis
• Thyroid cancer
• Thyroid disorders, including overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism) thyroid gland, thyroid nodules and enlargement of the thyroid gland (goiter)
• Vocal cord dysfunction
• Voice disorders, including professional and singing voice issues