Research Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery Department

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery is active in clinical, translational and fundamental research. We aim to make a contribution to the LUMC-profile by conducting research related to the main topics within our department, focusing on cochlear implants (CIs), tumors of the skull base, laryngology, audiology, vestibular disorders and oto-biology. The research is associated with other LUMC-departments and institutions, both national and international.

Disorders of the head and neck

The research in our department is embedded within the TRF’s (Top Referential Function) and expert centers for rare diseases of the department.  The LUMC has TRFs for Cochlear implants (CI), skull base tumors (SBT), paraganglioma and laryngology. In addition, we are acknowledged as an expert center for rare ear diseases and vestibular schwannoma and NF2.

In this way, research and the clinic complement each other by addressing questions/problems that arise in the clinic in research, and the resulting research innovations can be directly implemented in the clinic.

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Disorders of the head and neck

The research in our department is embedded within the TRF’s (Top Referential Function) and expert centers for rare diseases of the department.  The LUMC has TRFs for Cochlear implants (CI), skull base tumors (SBT), paraganglioma and laryngology. In addition, we are acknowledged as an expert center for rare ear diseases and vestibular schwannoma and NF2.

In this way, research and the clinic complement each other by addressing questions/problems that arise in the clinic in research, and the resulting research innovations can be directly implemented in the clinic.

In addition, our department has its own departmental research programme ‘Disorders of the head and neck’. The research within this programme focuses on (neuro-)otology, especially cochlear implants (CIs, electrical prostheses for the deaf), OtoBiology, and vestibular disorders.