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  • How We Treat It

  • If your doctor thinks the infection is caused by bacteria, he or she may prescribe an antibiotic. (Antibiotics don't work for infections caused by viruses.)
    If your doctor thinks the infection is caused by bacteria, he or she may prescribe an antibiotic. (Antibiotics don't work for infections caused by viruses.) It's very important to follow the directions when giving your child the medicine.

  • Charleston Ear, Nose and Throat offers a variety of high quality hearing aids including ReSound, Phonak and many others. Charleston ENT provides a complete range of digital hearing instruments, along with high tech specialty products and complementary wireless communications systems, to help patients advance their quality of life through improved hearing.



  • Surgery to take out the tonsils (called tonsillectomy) used to be fairly common. Now this surgery is only recommended in serious cases or if tonsillitis occurs frequently (called chronic tonsillitis). A tonsillectomy is usually an outpatient surgery, meaning you don't have to stay in the hospital.

  • An Audiologist is a professional who evaluates and treats people with hearing loss and balance disorders. Audiologists have extensive training (at least a Masters level degree) for evaluating infants to adults to determine the best solution, whether it be medical or amplification.

  • Many surgical advances are being made in this area. Procedures of the ears and sinuses are becoming less invasive, and new procedures are being developed to treat serious problems such as cleft palate, sleep apnea, and deafness.