Hearing and Balance Center
Under the direction of Moisés Arriaga, MD, MBA, FACS, our dedicated Hearing and Balance program has thrived since its inception in 2005 and has enjoyed an impressive and steady expansion over the years.
The LSU Hearing and Balance team is made up of an extraordinary group of professionals with diverse expertise. With Dr. Arriaga and Dr. Rahul Mehta, MD, FRCS, the division boasts two fellowship-trained neurotologists and a support team that involves nine Audiologists, three Vestibular (balance) Physical Therapists, three Nurse Practitioners, and a Facial Paralysis Rehabilitation Therapist.
The services we provide include diagnosis, treatment and therapy for a vast array of problems affecting the ear and the surrounding parts of the head and skull base. The conditions we treat include:
- Hearing loss and deafness
- Comprehensive hearing analysis: audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflex testing, oto-acoustic emissions and auditory brainstem response testing for infants, children and adults
- Traditional and digital hearing aids and assistive listening devices
- Cochlear implants and implantable hearing aids
- Chronic ear and mastoid infections
- Tinnitus (ringing in the ear) management including Tinnitus Retraining Devices and active therapy
- Tumors (benign and malignant) of the ear and temporal bone, including acoustic neuroma, glomus tumors, squamous cell cancer, and others
- Dizziness and other balance disturbances from a wide variety of causes, including Meniere's disease, inner ear infections, autoimmune diseases, cardiac and blood pressure-related conditions, strokes, head injuries and other neurologic conditions.
- Comprehensive balance evaluations including electrophysiological testing, rotary-chair balance testing, posturography platform assessment, video-nystagmography, vestibular evoked potentials, and others
- Rehabilitative balance therapy for patients who are at risk for falls
- Canalith repositioning procedures to restore inner ear balance function
- Facial nerve testing and facial paralysis rehabilitation and reconstruction (discussed further in the section on Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
- Multidisciplinary Team management for all Vestibular, Cochlear Implant and Facial Reanimation cases
- Laser Microsurgery and Endoscopic Ear Surgery
Contact Information
Address: 7777 Hennessy Boulevard
Suite 709
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: (225) 765-7735
Fax: (225) 765-1023
The Physicians
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| Moises A. Arriaga, MD Neurotology Lateral Skull Base Surgery |
Rahul Mehta, MD Neurotology Lateral Skull Base Surgery |