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EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (OTOLARYNGOLOGY) 

Ear, Nose and Throat Department

The otolaryngologists at Changi General Hospital, Singapore’s Ear, Nose and Throat (Otolaryngology) Department are specialists in a wide range of ear, nose and throat (ENT) and head and neck problems. Our doctors are specialists in head and neck surgery, sinus and allergy disorders, sleep-disordered breathing, laryngology and voice disorders, hearing loss and ear disorders, evaluation of dizziness and imbalance, as well as tinnitus (‘ringing in the ear’). We work as a team, together with audiologists, vestibular (inner ear balance) therapists and speech therapists, to comprehensively manage every aspect of ENT care. We also have a CGH Sleep Lab for patients who require diagnostic sleep tests, etc.


General ENT

  • Management of chronic cough
  • Tonsillectomy (removing the tonsils) and adenoidectomy (removing the adenoids)
  • Endoscopy and removal of foreign body in oral cavity (mouth), pharynx (throat), oesophagus (gullet or food pipe), nose and ears
  • Management of infections of the head, neck and upper respiratory tract

Rhinology / Allergy Service

  • Allergic rhinitis management, including sublingual immunotherapy
  • Allergy testing (skin prick test) and counselling
  • Management of acute and chronic sinusitis
  • Management of nasal polyps
  • Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) and skull base surgery
  • Epistaxis (nosebleed)
  • Rhinoplasty (also called ‘plastic surgery of the nose’ or ‘nose job’)
  • Balloon sinuplasty (an endoscopic surgical procedure for the treatment of blocked nasal sinuses)

Voice / swallowing disorders

  • Video stroboscopic assessment of voice
  • Fibreoptic endoscopic examination evaluation of swallowing (FEES)
  • Speech rehabilitation / speech therapy
  • Phonosurgery (surgical procedures that maintain, restore, or enhance the human voice)
  • Spasmodic dysphonia
  • Ageing voice disorders
  • Laryngeal (voice box) botox / collagen injection
  • Thyroplasty & laser laryngeal surgery: treatments for laryngeal / throat cancer

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 Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)

  • Assessment of snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), including computer-assisted upper airway analysis
  • Sleep study (PSG) and other sleep tests (MSLT and MWT)
  • Airway pressure device treatment: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) or Bi-level Positive Airway ressure (BiPAP) therapy
  • Somnoplasty treatment
  • Pillar palatal implant procedure / Pillar procedure
  • Reconstructive upper airway surgery for snoring / Obstructive Sleep Apnoea including nose, palate, tongue and pharyngeal (throat) procedures
  • Bimaxillary mandibular advancement surgery
  • Integrated Sleep Service (ISS)  to treat sleep disorders with the expert advice of psychiatrists, psychologists, respiratory doctors, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) technologists, and additional inputs from sports physicians, oral & maxillofacial surgeons and bariatric surgeons .
Read more about snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) here:

Head and Neck Cancer

  • Managment of Head and Neck Lumps
  • Managment of Cervical lymph nodes
  • Cancers of the nose, mouth, tongue, pharynx (throat) and larynx (voicebox)
  • Tumors of endocrine glands such as thyroid and parathyroid

Paediatric ENT service

  • Snoring (age > 12)
  • Tonsillitis (age > 12)
  • Ear infections (otitis media / otitis externa) (age > 7)
  • Sinusitis / nasal allergy (age > 7)

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Otology service

  • Implantable hearing aids (Retro-X / middle ear implant / Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid or Baha / cochlear implant)
  • Hearing loss assessment
  • - tympanoplasty or eardrum repair
    - ossiculoplasty or the repair of the small bones in the middle ear
    - stapedectomy or a surgical procedure of the middle ear performed to improve hearing
    - mastoid surgery / mastoidectomy or surgery on the mastoid bone behind the ear
  • Facial Nerve / Vestibulocochlear Nerve Disorders

Giddiness / Vertigo and Tinnitus Disorders

  • Giddiness and balance problems
  • Medical and surgical treatment for vertigo
  • Tinnitus evaluation and rehabilitation
  • Tinnitus retraining therapy

Audiology

  • Audiometry (hearing test)
  • Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test
  • Otoacoustic emission (OAE) test
  • Vestibular (balance) function tests
  • Hearing aid services
  • Tinnitus counselling

SUBSPECIALTY CLINICS

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Appointment

To make an appointment, call our Appointment Centre at 6850 3333 or go to our Online Appointment Booking page.

Staff Members

For information about our doctors.

Read more about the achievements of the ENT team:

- ENT Research - The road of discovery towards better treatment
- Local Sports Hero making waves
- CGH ENT Surgeon Awarded Prestigious Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship
- For Health Education articles on ear, nose and throat conditions and treatments, click here.