Sleep apnea<\/a> is a condition that causes loud snoring and pauses in breathing during sleep, affecting your quality of sleep. There are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, caused by the soft tissues in the mouth and throat collapsing into the airway; central, caused by your brain failing to send the correct signals to the breathing muscles; and complex, which is a combination of the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAn ENT physician will look at the structures in the mouth and throat and order a sleep study. Sleep studies may be conducted at home or in a sleep center. The oxygen concentration in your blood will be measured during sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information about these or other ENT disorders or to schedule an appointment with an expert ENT physician, call Advantage ENT & Audiology today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Some experts believe that otolaryngology is the oldest medical specialty. ENT physicians, also known as otolaryngologists, diagnose and treat conditions affecting the ears, nose and throat. We review how some common ENT conditions are diagnosed below. Middle Ear Infections A middle ear infection is caused by fluid buildup behind the eardrum, which can sometimes grow…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"A middle ear infection is caused by fluid buildup behind the eardrum, which can sometimes grow bacteria.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advantageent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}