This doctor actually cares about his patients. He is kind, thoughtful & very down to earth…read more I have seen him for several years & would recommend him without hesitation.

I needed an ENT visit in a hurry and cold-called Stachler. They got me in same day. The staff are…read morefriendly and compassionate. Dr. Stachler is great, he is a straight talker and funny.

I took my father there and Tiffany is just wonderful.. She's very patient that's for sure???read more

I wasn't looking to do a review for the Michigan Ear Institute, but was looking up the number for…read moremy wife and saw it was only receiving 4/5 stars? I read one review about Dr. Laroue (now retired from the MEI) and felt like I needed to set some things straight. I have been a patient of the Michigan Ear Institute for over 20 years. As a competitive high school and college swimmer, I suffered from multiple ear infections. My family doctor couldn't solve most of them and as a swimmer I didn't like to stay out of the water for many of them to fully heal. In my late 20's I started to experience significant earring loss. After being referred to the MEI, I was told the three bones holding up my ear drum had fused together and were eroding from the chronic ear infections. I had about a 45% loss in my right ear, as a high school teacher I couldn't hear my students and surgery was my best chance of getting my hearing back. Doctor Laroue was my surgeon and was fantastic throughout the entire process. He explained the process beforehand, answered hard questions and performed the complicated surgery to remove the failing bones and replace them with prosthetic bones. The recovery was hard, but I healed well. The incision was made behind the ear in the fold, it is hardly noticeable today. After bandages and packing was removed, I had my hearing tested again. I got back about 25-30% of my hearing. I was able to resume teaching and coaching without hearing problems. I was still able to swim and scuba dive. When I started to have problems again with my ear, about 15 years later, I reconnected with Doctor Laroue at the MEI. He was able to perform a second surgery on my ear to remove material that was growing behind the ear drum. I wasn't thrilled to have another surgery on my right ear, but Doctor Laroue did an excellent job removing the skin cells from the area and getting the ear back to normal. The recovery wasn't as bad as before, but my days of swimming without ear plugs are now over. I am currently seeing Dr. Zappia at the MEI for ongoing check ups and routine ear cleaning. He has been very patient with me and has also done an excellent job helping me to manage my ears/hearing. I would highly recommend the Michigan Ear Institute to anyone who needs an expert to help them solve a hearing or ear problem. Sincerely, Jeremy

The issue started at the front desk. I was on time for 8:30 appointment with Doctor Seel and…read morehanded the lady my insurance card and ID. I asked her to not scan or copy my ID (she was taking pictures with a cell phone of my cards). She said she would need to ask the Doctor if that was ok. She came back the reception desk and said the Doctor would not be able to see me. So, I never made it into the office. Because I don't want copies/pictures of my ID in their system (cell phone), I was denied medical service. Unreal!!

I scheduled an ear cleaning and I carry Blue care network, I was told my previous referral was not…read morevalid the day before my appointment. I had asked specifically if I would need one and was told when making the appointment and on my follow up call that it was fine. After confirming my appointment 3 times I would expect the office to actually see if they can get paid.

Dr and staff were great. Ears were cleaned out of wax and a hearing test given. They sought out to…read moregive me full service and I was most appreciative.

I got zero help from this doctor and I would not recommend. He sent me for a CAT scan and insisted…read moreseveral times that I bring him the CD for the CAT scan from one of the places on his recommendation list. Otherwise, I could go to Huron Valley hospital and he would logon to the site to see my CAT scan. Scheduled the CAT scan at RMT on Woodward in Royal Oak (from his list) and paid $350 and brought him the CD. The response I got was that he didn't have the software to read the CD. That was another $40 copay visit for him to just tell me that. Then why tell me to go to RMT and bring you the CD? Super frustrating, had to find a new EMT and pay more deductibles. I can look at the CAT scan myself on my PC and there is clearly red arrows all over the place pointing to issues in my sinus cavity, thankfully a new doctor can easily read the CD. It's pretty simple. This guy does not have a DICOM Medical Image Reader, but sends people for CAT scans with instructions to bring him the CD he won't read. Skip the frustration and find a more current doctor.

I started seeing Dr. Natarajan in December of 2019. It all started on Thanksgiving morning, 2019,…read morewhen I shot at a deer while hunting. I waited 2 weeks before going to my Ears, Nose and Throat doctor who confirmed my hearing loss was permanent and highly recommended Dr. Natarajan to me. On my first visit to Dr. Natarajan I went in screaming and kicking because I could not accept the fact that I may need hearing aids. My thought process was 'hearing aids are for "old" people and I was only 65 years old'. Dr. Natarajan sensed right away my reluctance and calmed my fears by noting 2 things to me 1) Nobody will even notice you are wearing hearing aids because so many people, today, are wearing 'things' in their ears (like ear buds, etc.) 2) If you can't see you wear glasses so if you can't hear you wear hearing aids. That second statement really hit home because I have had poor vision most of my life. I finally gave in and we proceeded with the hearing test and hearing aid fitting. Over the years I have visited Dr. Natarajan many times for either insurance sponsored new hearing aids and routine maintenance which the Doctor executes in a timely manner right in her office. There were a few times that my hearing aids had a mechanical problem and needed to be sent out to the lab to fix. When hearing aids have to be sent to a lab, Dr.Natarajan always expedites the process so you do not have to wait very long for your corrected hearing aids (usually within a week). PLUS. she provides 'loaner' hearing aids until your hearing aids come back repaired. Once my hearing aids suddenly broke down a day before an out of town vacation. I called Dr. Natarajan about my predicament. She brought home some loaners and I went to her house to pick them up, Vacation saved! Now that was 'top shelf' customer service. Dr. Natarajan always treats your money like it was her money and always finds the most cost effective solution for you. As noted above, Dr. Natarajan is very experienced, knowledgeable, and most important to me, is that she is always friendly, greets you with a smile and has a very comforting 'bedside manner'. Dr. Natarajan has a big, clean office conveniently located on Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills. Her building is easy to find and has plenty of handicap parking for those of us who need it. Dr. Natarajan's staff is a mirror image of herself, being extremely kind, courteous and with customer service that is second to none. As you can see, I would highly recommend Dr. Natarajan. My only hope is that she out lives me so I will not have to find another audiologist.

Excellent care and service, convenient hours and local locations…read more thank yu for taking great care of my father.

This joke of a Doctor sent my mother-in-law for tests for hearing loss, one of which was an MRI…read more She cleared her without even getting the test results as she cleared her the same visit she ordered the tests and suggested she get a hearing aid. My mother-in-law also complained of vision abnormalities and severe headaches which she ignored completely. The MRI showed a LARGE BRAIN ANEURYSM. The only reason she knew about it was because she went on MyChart to get her test results because the Doctor would not call her back and the office staff isn't allowed to give any information regarding the results. A week after the results were available she still hasn't called back and she has called the doctor twice a day all week with no success. She had an appointment yesterday with her pcp and showed him her test results and he told her this was extremely dangerous because of the size and location and to go to the office and demand to speak to her immediately or go to the ER because she was so high risk of a stroke or bleeding out if it ruptured. On the day of her appointment she had to wait over an hour and a half to see the doctor. This is totally unacceptable. She shouldn't be a doctor if this is how concerned she is about her patients. If anything happens to my mother-in-law you can bet I will sue this joke of a "doctor " for everything she's got. I would also go after her medical license. I'm fairly certain that I can find many others with similar experiences. If this has happened to you and damage has been done to you or your loved one and need someone to help with your case to give testimony with this type of experience feel free to contact me via kadhcb@aol.com or Facebook. Kendall Daniel-Brown of Garden City. This woman should lose her medical license!

Poor service, Doctor performed very cursory exam--less than 5 minutes. Medical assistant didn't…read moreknow how to take blood pressure--put the cuff on upside down. Doctor told me to take over the counter meds!! But when the bill came, it was huge! Avoid at all costs. Had to go to another doctor with my problem and he cured it in 2 days.

This was a great experience...and I had to get a blood vessel cauterized! The staff was so friendly…read moreand helpful and Dr Weingarten was very calming, personable and professional. Short wait to get into a room and even shorter to see the Dr. I would definitely recommend this practice to everyone.

0 out of 10. Do not recommend. Dr. Weingarten is the WORST ENT doctor that I have EVER SEEN! He…read morerefused to numb me before sticking a camera through my nose and down my throat to look at my vocal cords. When I advised him that the procedure hurt, he told me "you're fine, just relax" while continuing with the procedure. I gagged while pushing his hand away, again telling him the procedure hurt. He ignored me and continued until I begin to cry... That's when he stopped. He was very rude and condescending while talking to me; basically advising that I did not know what was going on with my own body because he's the doctor and he knows best. When I advised him that I needed a doctor's note for a few days off of work since my condition was preventing me from working he told me "No, I'm not giving you a doctor's note because there's nothing wrong with you. You're fine." He refused to listen to anything I and constantly talked over me. When did it become okay to speak to a patient in this manner!? He is completely unprofessional when other colleagues are not around to witness his behavior. HE WILL NEVER RECEIVE MY BUSINESS AGAIN.

At my visit I was quickly taken back to a room where a staff member came in to go over why I was…read morethere. I noticed that the staff member's mask was the type with exhalation valves on it. I had researched different types of masks and their appropriateness for different settings early on in the pandemic, and found universal recommendations that valved masks are never appropriate for Covid protection, especially in a medical setting, let alone one where the patient will have their mask off for the exam. Valved masks only filter the incoming air that the person wearing it is breathing in. Standard facial masks with valves do not filter the outgoing exhaled air and the valves can even function as a mini aerosol generator making them more dangerous to the patient than the provider not wearing any mask at all. The person wearing the valved mask is protected from others, but anyone in their vicinity is not protected from the germs or droplets they are breathing out. Thus not appropriate for Covid prevention in any setting, let alone an ENT's exam room. I immediately spoke up that I was concerned about their mask not being medically appropriate. I received a denial that this information was accurate, an "it's ok I'm boostered", and a "this is the only type of mask that doesn't fog my glasses". I reiterated that this person didn't need to listen to me but should go look it up. She asked if I wanted someone else to take care of me. I said, ok have someone else come in. The next person who came in was Dr. McBrien. I told her she needed to look into the guidance around valved masks. She asked if I wanted to continue with the visit, and went out of her way to, not acknowledge the information about the valved mask, make the excuse that it must be ok because that staff member was the only person in the office who hadn't had covid, (yes, because the valved masks protect the person who is wearing the mask, i.e. the staff member, it's the patients they would be interacting with who's health would be at risk) and pointed out to me that the surgical mask she herself was wearing wasn't really that protective, that the only real protection was a tight fitting n95 (yes, exactly, so why wasn't an ENT who's examining patients without their masks on wearing exactly that?) and she wasn't going to wear anything else at my request (I hadn't made one), and insisted it was all fine because she was boosted, as if Delta and Omicron breakthroughs, the immunocompromised, long covid, babies who still aren't vaccine eligible, and 2500 positive cases a day in Oakland County were not factors at all in what kind of ppe she was choosing. I said I did want to continue and we began talking about why I was there. I use a cpap, but struggle with it because of nasal obstruction, have a deviated septum, wanted to be evaluated for septum and possibly turbinate surgery. I specifically had recommendations to try two prescription nasal sprays, and also to get a CT scan to establish the basic pre-surgical anatomy of my septum and turbinates. She was ok with the nasal sprays but said she didn't do CTs for septum surgery, only for sinus problems, according to her because the septum can be evaluated just fine by the surgeon with a visual exam. I already knew it wasn't universally standard to get a CT for pre-op septoplasty/turbinate reduction, but that not getting an objective quantitative before picture of the turbinates with a scan, and surgeons relying on their subjective visual assessment alone, has a lot to do with some people suffering from over-aggressive turbinate surgery which is something I'm trying to avoid, but never got the chance to even bring up. I asked Dr. McBrien, can you explain why you wouldn't get a CT for my septum and turbinates, because that's anatomical too right? (This is all still about 5 minutes into my appointment, not some long discussion) This is when she told me that it was not going to work, and she would refer me out but did not want to work with me as a patient. I just said, seriously, I came to my appointment with specific questions and information and you're refusing to treat me because of it? She started talking over me that my "information" was from the internet. I explained that the recommendation I had to get the CT was from an ENT (who was not available to treat me in the immediate future). She continued talking over me, "well they're just a doctor, not an ENT" and I again explained that the recommendations I had come in with were from an ENT, "well go see them then" was the reply. By then I realized I was just having my time wasted and got up and left. Again, this was not some long drawn out process, the entire encounter took maybe 10 minutes. For the record, I spoke calmly and respectfully in a normal tone of voice and was talked over and down to in return. All in all, my health was put at risk and my time wasted in service of yet another doctor's fragile ego. Patient beware

Dr. McBrien took the time to listen to our story and explained possible treatment/causes ideas…read more She even recommended holistic and natural remedies in addition to conventional western treatments, which is rare in the medical profession. Although we had to wait a couple of weeks to get in to see her, it was well worth the wait, and she spent easily a half hour diagnosing and discussing treatment. Highly recommended.