• In the 1960’ , Title changed: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Developping brief history & current situation
• 13th century B.C., record of ORL disease in China • Cai DOU, doctor in the Song Dynasty, described the
Category and feature
• Extensive category: Anatomy and development, physiology and pathology, treatment and prevention in audition, equilibrium, olfaction, phonation and speech, respiration and deglutation, skull base, neck and mediastinum superius.
Progression and future
• Otoacoustic emissions and hair cels motility • Generalization of Cochlear implantation • Molecular biology of hearing loss • Ostiomeatal complex • Allergic rhinitis and nasal hyper-reactive disease • Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome • Functional laryngeal surgery • Skull base and lateral skull base surgery • Vocal and speech pathology