Otolaryngology

The specialty of Otolaryngology is also referred to as "Ear, Nose, and Throat", and as "Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery". As that name implies, this is a modern medical specialty that is a regional surgical subspecialty, that is, physicians trained in this specialty are considered expert in operations of the face, head and neck. However, since that region of the body conatains the nose and upper airways and the ears, there are otolaryngologists who concentrate their practice on hearing loss, and others who are more concerned with nasal obstruction and the symptoms of inhalent allergy that arer centered on the upper airway. That means that some otolaryngologists, although trained in surgery, practice more as medical subspecialists.