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Facilities at MERF

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Audiology Department

 

The Department of Audiology at MERF is one of the best-equipped departments of its kind in the country. It has specially sound treated cabins with automated audiometry for Pure tone & Special tests, Impedance audiometry and Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry. It also has facilities for assessment of newborn hearing using Oto Acoustic Emissions and Auditory Steady State Responses.

This clinic is headed by Mr. R. Ranjith and has a team of dedicated audiologists

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Auditorium

 

There is a well-equipped air-conditioned auditorium with all the latest audiovisual equipment to conduct seminars, conferences and workshops. It is a matter of pride that regular medical meetings are held in this auditorium which has a seating capacity of about 100 people. The auditorium also has good two-way audio-video communication with the operation theatre, which enables live surgical demonstrations and interactions between the surgeon and the audience.

Auditory Habilitation Unit

 

Mr. Ranjith heads a team of habilitationists who run a full-time service for auditory verbal habilitation.
A forerunner of its kind in India where habilitation/rehabilitation of children with cochlear implant is done with the aim to teach the hearing challenged child to hear, listen and then speak. Specially trained teachers train the implantees and co-ordinate between the clinic, parents and the schools.
MERF has a State-Of-The-Art Auditory verbal habilitation unit at Palavakkam, which works in tandem with the sophisticated Audiology & Speech Therapy Department at MERFISH, Mandaveli and also integrates with three unique Satellite centers across Tamil Nadu, namely Coimbatore,Trichy and Madurai, which also have state of the art equipment for diagnosis and work up of hearing loss among children.These centers also have experienced Habilitationists who provide a first hand Habilitation services to Cochlear Implantees from across the State. The chief hablitation unit at Chennai regularly audits and supervises all the hablitation centres through a integrated network.

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In-Patient Rooms

 

There are 25 air-conditioned single rooms. Of these, 4 are deluxe rooms. There are also separate air-conditioned general wards for male & female patients.

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MERF Library

 

MERF Library is well equipped with textbooks and Journals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, basic medical sciences including audiology books, which is of great help for postgraduates, registrars and as a reference tool for consultants.

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The latest addition of books and journals are as follows:

ENT BOOKS:

  1. ATLAS OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD & NECK SURGERY - BACHI HATHIRAM

  2. AUDITORY EVOKED RESPONSES – JAMES HALL.

  3. ADVANCES IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD & NECK SURGERY – EUGENE MYERS

  4. ACOUSTICS AND NOISE CONTROL – DR. B.V.A RAO.

  5. ATLAS OF LACRIMAL SURGERY – WEBER

  6. AUDITORY DISORDERS – JERGER

  7. ATLAS OF POLYSOMNOGRAPHY - JAMES D GEORGE, PAUL R CARNEY.

  8. CSF RHINORRHEA – STEP BY STEP ENDOSCOPIC NASAL REPAIR – NISHIT J SHAH.

  9. CHOLESTEATOMA AND EAR SURGERY – HARUO TAKAHASHI.

  10. COCHLEAR IMPLANTS – PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE – JOHN K NIPARKO.

  11. CUTANEOUS MALIGNANCIES OF HEAD AND NECK – RANDD WEBER, BRAN MOORE.

  12. CHOLESTEATOMA AND EAR SURGERY – HARUO TAKAHASHI.

  13. CLINICAL MANUAL FOR SWALLOWING DISORDERS – THOMAS MURRY

  14. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE EAR PHELPS AND LYOID

  15. DIAGNOSIS IN ORL – METIN ONERCIA

  16. DEDO - SURGERY OF THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA

  17. DIGITAL HEARING AIDS – ARTHER SCHAUB

  18. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY – STEWART, SELESNICK

  19. ENDOSCOPIC PARANASAL SINUS SURGERY - DALE.H.RACE

  20. ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY- PETER JOHN WORMALD

  21. ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY OF LATERAL NASAL WALL, PARANASAL SINUSES AND ANTERIOR SKULL BASE - ANDREAS LEUNIG

  22. ENT DISEASE -VOL.2 HANS BEHRBOHM

  23. ENT TROPICAL DISEASES – PROF. S.KAMESWARAN

  24. FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY- STAMMBERGER

  25. FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC RHINOPLASTY – DR. GEORGE VARGHESE

  26. FACIAL NERVE - MARK MAY

  27. FUNCTIONAL SURGERY OF CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE BY MINIMALLY INVASIVE RETROSIGMOID APPROACH – JACQUES MAGNAN et al

  28. FOOD ALLERGY – ISSUE.1

  29. FUNGAL INFECTIONS – JACK SOBEL

  30. GERATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY – KARAN H CALHOUN.

  31. HERMAN C GRILLO – SURGERY OF THE TRACHEA AND BROUCHI.

  32. HEADACHE – DAVID KERNICK.

  33. HARNSBERGER- DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF HEAD AND NECK

  34. HEAD AND NECK CANCER- EMERGING PERSPECTIVES

  35. HEARING LOSS – JENNIFER DEREBERY.

  36. IMAGING OF TEMPORAL BONE-SWARTZ

  37. IMAGE ATLAS OF ORL - KENNEDY – DISEASE OF SINUSES

  38. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY HEAD – NECK RECONSTRUCTION - A DEFECT ORIENTED APPROACH – MARK L URKEN.

  39. MIDDLE EAR AND MASTOID MICRO SURGERY – MARIO SANNA.

  40. NEURO OTOLOGY-LUSTIG

  41. OTOLOGY, NEUROTOLOGY, LATERAL SKULL BASE SURGERY – ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK – VOL.1 AND VOL.2 – OLIVER ADUNKA, GRAY A BUCHMAN.

  42. OTOLARYNGOLOGY – SELF ASSESSMENT – GEORGE L UHDE.

  43. PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY– IMBACH

  44. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF LASERS IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY – V OSWAL – 2ND EDITION. VOL.1 AND VOL.2.

  45. RADIOTHERAPY FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCERS – K KIRAN ANG, ADAM S GARDEN.

  46. RHINOLOGY AND ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASE SURGERY ORL – HEAD AND NECK SURGERY SERIES – MILIND KIRTANE, CHRIS DE SOUZA.

  47. ROB& SMITH- OPERATIVE SURGERY

  48. RECENT ADVANCES IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY- DAVID MOFFAT, JAMES KEIR

  49. RHINOSINUSITIS - DAVID KENNEDY

  50. RECENT ADVANCES IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD & NECK SURGERY – ANIL K LALWANI.

  51. SINUS SURGERY – ENDOSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC APPROACHES - HOWARD LEVINE

  52. SLEEP MEDICINE – HAROLD SMITH

  53. SCOTT BROWN'S OTOLARYNGOLOGY - 7TH EDITION

  54. SURGERY OF THE NOSE AND THROAT – KERNAN

  55. TEXTBOOK OF NEUROSURGERY – DR RAVI RAMAMOORTHY & DR TANDON.

  56. THE MAXILLARY SINUS – JAMES A DUNCAVAGE.

  57. TINNITUS TREATMENT – RICHARD S TYLER.

  58. THE FRONTAL SINUS-WOLFGANG DRAF

  59. THYROID AND PARATHYROID DISEASE – MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT – DAVID J TERRIS, CHRISTINE G GOUNN

  60. TRACHEOTOMY MANAGEMENT - SEIDMAN et al

  61. UGO FISCH'S MICRO SURGERY OF THE SKULL BASE

  62. UGO FISCH - TYMPANOPLASTY, MASTOIDECTOMY AND STAPES SURGERY

  63. VERTIGO – ITS MULTI SENSORY SYNDROMES – 2ND EDITION-VOL.1 AND VOL.2 -THOMAS BRANDT

  64. VERTIGO AND DIZZINESS – COMMON COMPLAINTS – 2ND EDITION – THIOMAS BRANDT

  65. VERTIGO AND DYSEQUILIBRIUM- PETER C WEBER

 

LIST OF JOURNALS:

 

  1. ANNALS OF OTOLOGY, RHINOLOGY AND LARYNGOLOGY

  2. ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY – HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  3. ADVANCES IN ORL & HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  4. ACTA OTOLARYNGOLOGICA

  5. ALLERGY CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

  6. ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

  7. ANNALS OF ENDOCRINE SURGERY

  8. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORL HEAD AND NECK MEDICINE AND SURGERY

  9. ANNUAL JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY – NORTH EASTERN BRANCH OF AOI

  10. BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF ORL

  11. BIHAR & JHARKHAND JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY

  12. CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY

  13. CLINICAL RHINOLOGY

  14. CURRENT OPINION IN ORL & HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  15. ENT NEWS AND AUDIOLOGY NEWS

  16. ENT WHAT'S NEW

  17. EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF ORL AND HEAD AND NECK

  18. ENT UPDATE

  19. ENT CLINICS

  20. FOCUS ENT

  21. HEARING INTERNATIONAL

  22. HEAD AND NECK JOURNAL

  23. INDIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY

  24. INDIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY

  25. INDIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLOGY

  26. INDIAN JOURNAL OF SLEEP MEDICINE

  27. INDIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

  28. INTERNATIONAL TINNITUS JOURNAL

  29. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  30. INTERNATIONAL SURGERY

  31. INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY

  32. INTERNATIONAL SURGERY

  33. JOURNAL OF HEARING SCIENCE

  34. JOURNAL OF IAO - INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY

  35. JOURNAL OF INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

  36. JOURNAL OF ORL HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  37. KARNATAKA JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  38. OTOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  39. OTOLARYNGOLOGY CLINICS

  40. OTOLOGY – NEUROLOGY

  41. ORISSA JOURNAL OF ORL AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

  42. RHINOLOGY

  43. SOUTH ASIAN JOURNAL OF ENT

  44. SEMINARS IN HEARING

  45. SURGERY INTERNATIONAL

  46. THE SURGEON

  47. THE LARYNGOSCOPE

  48. THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

  49. THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF SLEEP MEDICINE

  50. THE JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY

  51. YEAR BOOK OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD & NECK SURGERY

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Operation Theatre Complex

 

The operation theatre suites at MERF are among the best in the country. 
The salient features include:
Three operation theatres with the latest KTP /532 laser, the most advanced ENT laser system in the world as well as the CO2 laser for performing various Laser procedures
Three Carl Zeiss microscopes for micro ear and microlaryngeal surgeries with in-built camera for teaching purposes
Xomed microdebrider - used for debulking nasal masses
Three ventilating anesthesia machines, monitors for recording BP, pulse, saturation of O2, ECG and EtCO2 levels
Storz endoscopes with camera and two xenon light sources for endoscopic nasal and skull base surgery
Fujinon Fibre optic bronchoscope
Kavo, Marathon, and WXH micromotors
MERF uses the most advanced multi-channel Facial Nerve Monitor during cochlear implant and skull base surgery
Surgical Operating Microscope - OPMI VARIO with MAXER 3 chip camera & Sony LCD medical guide monitor
The operation theatre complex has facilities for audiovisual projection to the auditorium in real time for conducting CME programs

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