Mr Dev Tandon - Otolaryngologist @ ENT Associates

Private Service, ENT/ Head & Neck Surgery

Description

Dev Tandon is a general otolaryngologist with a special interest in nasal and sinus diseases.

He has been an otolaryngologist for over 20 years and worked as a clinical fellow in the ENT Department at Green Lane Hospital for seven years before qualifying as a FRACS.

In the past he worked as a consultant in New Delhi at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (a large teaching department) for almost a decade, specialising in head and neck surgery.

In New Zealand he has mostly been involved in nasal and sinus diseases, in addition to general otolaryngology.

Currently endoscopic management of nasal and sinus diseases is of special interest to him and he also continues to be a general otolaryngologist (tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, grommets and myringoplasties).

Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery is also known as Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery (ENT). This area of medicine is concerned with disorders of the ear, nose, throat, the head and the neck.

ENT Surgeons (or otolaryngologists) are specialist doctors who deal with medical and surgical treatment of conditions of the ears, nose, throat and structures of the head and neck.

Consultants

Mr Dev Tandon

Otolaryngologist

Common Conditions / Procedures / Treatments

Otology (Ear) Tests

Audiometry is the electronic testing of hearing ability. You will sit in a special room wearing earphones and be asked to respond when you hear a noise through the earphones. These tests can measure your hearing levels as well as other aspects of hearing such as the ability to recognise… More
Otitis Media

This is inflammation or infection of your middle ear (the space behind your eardrum) and is often associated with a build-up of fluid in your middle ear.… More
Otosclerosis

When the growth of one of the tiny bones in your middle ear, the stapes, changes from hard to soft and spongy, it leads to the condition called otosclerosis.… More
Hearing Loss

Hearing loss can be divided into two types: conductive hearing loss (caused by some sort of mechanical problem in the external or middle ear) or sensorineural hearing loss (caused by disorders of the inner ear, hearing nerve or associated brain structures).… More
Acoustic Neuroma

This is a slow-growing, benign (non-cancerous) overgrowth of tissue on the nerves that affect your hearing and balance.… More
Meniere's Disease

Meniere's disease is a disorder in which there is an abnormality in the fluids of the inner ear resulting in increased pressure in the inner ear.… More
Sinusitis

In the facial bones surrounding your nose, there are four pairs of hollow air spaces known as sinuses or sinus cavities.… More
Snoring

Snoring is the harsh rattling noise made by some people when they sleep.… More
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)

When snoring is interrupted by episodes of totally obstructed breathing, it is known as obstructive sleep apnoea.… More
Rhinitis

Rhinitis is the inflammation of the lining of the nose (nasal mucosa).… More
Tonsillitis

Your tonsils are the oval-shaped lumps of tissue that lie on both sides of the back of the throat.… More
Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia)

If you find it difficult to pass food or liquid from your mouth to your stomach, you may have a swallowing disorder or dysphagia.… More
Hoarseness

Hoarseness can be described as abnormal voice changes that make your voice sound raspy and strained and higher or lower or louder or quieter than normal.… More