The principal members are the audiologist, speech-language pathologist, otologist, and the family physician.
While complications from this surgery can arise, the risk of complications is greatly reduced when using a highly experienced otologist.
These centres should be staffed with such specialists as medical audiologists, otologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians, audiometry technicians, and other specialists necessary to complete such a comprehensive team.
Suffice it to say that for the first four years of my son's life no specialist, doctor or otologist would ever admit that the child was deaf.
The answer, of course, is that he should go to a trained otologist.
Neurologists and otologists work closely together to provide a service in this clinical field, calling upon the service of other specialists as needed.
I think we must be a little careful in the connotation of the term "otologist" as against the maker of hearing aids.
The ENT doctor or otologist makes an incision within the ear canal or behind the external ear.
