Children

• Is My Child’s Hearing Normal? – Three million children under the age of 18 have some hearing loss including four out of every thousand newborns.
  

  Garrison Roe's Story on Hearing Loss

• Pediatric Sinusitis – Your child’s sinuses are not fully developed until age 20. However, children can still suffer from sinus infection.
• Secondhand Smoke and Children – Secondhand smoke is a combination of the smoke from a burning cigarette and the smoke exhaled by a smoker.

In addition to being Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, he is himself the father of four and is keenly aware of the needs of both children and their parents around the delicate, common and unusual issues of childhood ear, nose and throat maladies.

Not only will Dr. Benke diagnose pediatric ENT diseases and problems, he is also highly qualified to perform any necessary surgery. Dr. Benke is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and holds privileges (to perform surgery) at Texas Health Harris Methodist – Cleburne, and Cleburne Surgery Center

Many childhood ENT symptoms derive from allergies. Dr. Benke is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy and can provide your child with a thorough, child-friendly slate of allergy testing, either to rule out or treat the affects of allergic reactions.

Reprinted from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Web site with permission of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, copyright © 2003.