It can be very frustrating to know what you would like to say but are unable to articulate your thoughts. Speech disorders prevent you from forming correct speech sounds, while language disorders affect your ability to learn words or understand what others are saying. However, both speech and language disorders can make it more difficult to express your thoughts and feelings to others.
If you experience facial weakness or paralysis, you might immediately consider a neurological disorder. However, dysfunction of the facial nerve may be due to an otolaryngologic (ear, nose and throat) disorder.
Issues with hearing or your ears can be very bothersome and make daily life difficult. If you have an ear disorder, you may first notice an earache or mild hearing loss. Without proper treatment, ear diseases can cause long-term and debilitating problems — including infection, hearing loss, vertigo (dizziness) and facial paralysis or weakness.
Why Choose Weill Cornell Medicine for Ear Diseases?
Audiologists specialize in helping those with hearing or balance disorders. At Weill Cornell Medicine, our Ear, Nose and Throat Department has a nationally recognized audiology program that helps patients achieve a high quality of life with personalized, compassionate treatment.
Stereotactic radiosurgery is not surgery in the conventional sense. Its combination of advanced radiation tools and complex three-dimensional surgical planning techniques is used for precise delivery of highly focused radiation that can pinpoint a tumor or other target with little or no effect on normal surrounding tissue. It does not involve scalpels or other invasive tools, and does not require any openings in the skull or spine.
Interventional neuroradiology (INR) combines advanced three-dimensional imaging techniques with endoscopic surgical procedures. INR specialists perform minimally invasive endoscopic techniques using high-tech imaging equipment to guide their work.
At Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery, the Interventional Neuroradiology Program specializes in:
Minimally invasive approaches to cerebrovascular conditions such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations of the brain and spine, and stroke.
Our clinical and surgical neuro-oncology programs treat malignant brain and spine tumors in adults and children, including primary or metastatic tumors. The neuro-oncologists and neurosurgeons of the Weill Cornell Brain Tumor Center offer a comprehensive approach to brain and spine tumors and see hundreds of patients each year with newly diagnosed and recurrent tumors.