Abstract
With increasing life expectancy, the unique healthcare needs of the older patient are being better appreciated. To address these growing needs, which differ from those of the average adult patient, otolaryngologists must acquire new knowledge and competencies. This chapter provides a broad overview of geriatric otolaryngology and highlights subspecialty topics where otolaryngologists are called upon to administer care. These include age-related hearing loss, balance disorders, sinonasal disease, voice and swallowing disorders, obstructive sleep apnea and head and neck cancer. Geriatric concerns in each of these specific areas have to be addressed in the broader context of geriatric syndromes in coordination with geriatricians or other geriatric-trained providers to advance an integrated, team-based approach to maintaining or restoring the older patients’ well-being. This review contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 161 references Keywords: Cognitive decline, delirium, frailty, age-related hearing loss, presbystasis, presbylarynx, immunosenecense, presbynasalis, vasomotor rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, age-related oflactory decline, dysphagia, head and neck malignant neoplasms, obstructive sleep apnea, geriatric syndromes and perioperative optimization.
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