Contact Dr. Chad Ruffin
Make an Appointment
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We encourage you to use online booking. This efficiency helps ensure that you have ample time with Dr. Ruffin. We want you to have a comprehensive understanding of your treatment options.
- Same day appointments are available.
- We can provide the same care at hundreds of dollars less than other ENTs in the area.
- We take most insurances.
- For cochlear implants, we can use your local audiologist so that your only trip to Seattle is for surgery.
- Other common questions.
Location and Directions
We are located in the Central Business District at: 1625 19th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122.
- We share space with but are separate from the Hearing Speech and Deaf Center (HSDC).
- The clinic has on site free parking.
- See directions and handicapped access and parking.
Contact Us
We offer several channels for contact below. Email and text are not considered to be secure for sensitive information. For sending sensitive information, please use the secure messaging app.
- Phone: (206) 408-1085.
- SMS/text: (206) 408-1085.
- Video/secure messaging app.
- Online appointment booking below.


Two Step Online Scheduling:
Step 1: Reserve your appointment with the form below. You will then be taken to the self-scheduling portal.
Step 2: We will contact and guide you through intake and secure payment. Your appointment is then confirmed. Appointments not confirmed within 2 days of scheduling will be cancelled.
Optional: Urgent and same day visits are not shown in the online booking portal. Use the "urgent" checkbox on the form below, and we will contact you. For emergencies, please call 911.
Have a quick question? Submit an unsecured email message below or use secure messaging.
Our Expertise
ALL TYPES & SEVERITIES OF HEARING LOSS
- Adult and pediatric onset hearing loss
- Single sided deafness
- Sudden hearing loss
- Otosclerosis
HEARING DEVICES
- Hearing aids & assistive technology
- Bone anchored & implantable hearing aids
- Cochlear implants
EAR SURGERY
- Cochlear implants
- Endoscopic ear surgery
- Bone anchored hearing aids
- Stapedectomy
- Ear tubes
- Tympanoplasty repair of burst or perforated eardrum
- Cholesteatoma (e.g. “ear or skin cyst”)
- Tympanomastoidectomy
- Ear tumors and cancer
OTHER EAR CONDITIONS
- Eustachian tube dysfunction
- Ear infections
- Tinnitus & Hyperacusis
- Facial nerve paralysis
- Dizziness & vertigo
- Inner ear migraine
GENERAL ENT/OTOLARYNGOLOGY
- Allergy testing and therapy
- Nasal breathing difficulties and recurrent/chronic sinusitis
- Hoarseness, vocal cord polyps/nodules, & voice disorders
- Sleep apnea & snoring
- Head and neck tumors & cancer
- Salivary (spit producing) gland disorders
- Thyroid & parathyroid surgery
- Facial fractures/trauma
- Sore throat (We no longer offer tonsillectomy, but tonsillitis is not the cause of most sore throats.)