Dr Hannah North is a specialist Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon

Specialising in Paediatric and Adult Ear Nose and Throat Surgery, Otology, Hearing Implants and Neurotology

Paediatric ENT

Dr North completed a specialised fellowship in paediatric ENT surgery at Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth. She works at Children’s Hospital Westmead and see patients with ear disease, airway concerns and general paediatric ENT.

Ear SURgery

Dr North completed a sub-specialty fellowship in one of the largest centres in the UK that specialises in Otology, Neurotology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery. She sees patients with ear disease, hearing problems and balance issues.

Paediatric ENT

Dr North sees all children from birth. Children can have a variety of common ENT problems such as glue ear, hearing loss, tonsillitis and sleep apnoea. Dr North has a specialist interest in ear and hearing including children but is also sees children with noisey breathing and airway concerns.

Children seen in the rooms who require surgery can be treated at:

Westmead Private Hospital, Norwest Hospital or Lakeview Private Hospital, Auburn Hospital and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Otology and Neurotology

Children and adults with concerns about their hearing or their ears are welcome to the rooms.

Where possible, patients are offered minimally invasive surgery including endoscopic ear surgery but recognising that traditional surgery involving the microscope still has a role in more complex cases.

Dr North regularly performs surgery for ear infections including grommets, myringoplasty (repair of the ear drum) and mastoid surgery for infection and cholesteatoma. She also performs balloon dilatation for patients with eustachian tube dysfunction to help with their ear disease.

She has an interest in hearing loss including hearing reconstruction surgery, hearing implant surgery such as cochlear implants and implantable hearing aids.

Dr North has experience with lateral skull base surgery including tumours of the ear and skull base such as vestibular schwannoma, and works together with skull base neurosurgeons for monitoring and removal of these tumours. She sees patients with alteration in balance and facial nerve. She also sees patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2).

Patients can make an appointment to be seen in the rooms for assessment and discussion of any suitable surgery.

Patients who require ear surgery may be offered care at:

Westmead Private Hospital, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Auburn and Westmead Hospitals