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Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head/neck disorders. The full name of the specialty is otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Practitioners are called otolaryngologists-head and neck surgeons, or sometimes otorhinolaryngologists (ORL). A commonly used term for this speciality is ENT (ear, nose and throat).

At Sebasticook Valley Health, our otolaryngology team treats patients with deviated septums, laryngitis (inflammation of larynx and vocal cords producing hoarseness), parotitis (inflammation of the parotid glands), pharyngitis (inflammation of the pharynx producing symptoms more or less similar to tonsillitis), snoring and sleep apnea, tonsillitis (inflammation of tonsils producing pain, odynophagia (painful swallowing), and much more.