Have you ever heard of hearing implants and cochlear implants? These are not hearing aids at all and strangely enough, not many people are even aware that cochlear implants have been around for the past 40 years! More than 300, 000 cochlear implants have been inserted into the inner ears of people with severe hearing loss, to help give them back their…
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Blocked ear is one of the most common presenting symptoms at our ENT specialist clinics in Singapore. Indeed, blocked ear sensation can be very annoying and troublesome for many patients with ENT problems. Some patients report popping and crackling sounds in their ears, usually a sign of their Eustachian pressure tubes trying to clear and open up. If you suffer from nasal…
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Ear pain in children in Singapore is pretty common and we see many such cases at our paediatric ENT clinics in Singapore. As a parent, what can you do about ear pain or earache in your child? Ear pain in a child, especially if he or she is unwell or has a fever, should not just be dismissed as earwax. In fact,…
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Have you noticed a lump growing behind or on your ear? Sometimes this ear lump or ear cyst may be painful as it is usually due to an infected skin cyst or sebaceous cyst. These ear lumps tend to be quite common and we often see them present at our Singapore ENT Clinics at Mount Elizabeth Novena and Gleneagles Hospitals. Patients with such…
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Have you ever been swimming and then suffered painful blocked ears in Singapore? As the blocked painful ear usually occurs after water enters the ear, this ear condition is called Swimmer’s Ear! Whether you go swimming in the sea or in a chlorinated pool doesn’t seem to make much difference as the infection of the skin in the ear canal can still…
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Ever wondered what that annoying buzzing or ringing noise was in your ear? The name for this sort of inner ear noise is called tinnitus, from the Latin term “tinnire” (to ring or tinkle). As an experienced ENT specialist in Singapore, we manage many patients with tinnitus in Singapore and help them to understand their complex tinnitus condition so that they feel…
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Working at a busy ENT clinic in Singapore as an experienced ENT specialist, means that we see a whole range of conditions affecting the ear, nose and throat. Our patients want to be evaluated and treated by a top ENT specialist in Singapore who is also friendly, approachable and good with both children and adults. One interesting example of the many ENT…
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As an experienced ENT specialist in Singapore running a top ENT clinic in Singapore for children and adults, we have seen so many ear problems. One of the most common conditions is eardrum trauma after a recent flight. Ear problems during a flight are almost always related to difficulties with equalising the pressures between the ears and the nose. The Eustachian tube…
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One of the most common reasons for patients to see us as an ENT specialist in Singapore is a blocked ear or painful ear due to impacted ear wax. Having wax in our ears is actually quite normal and in most people, the ear is a self-cleaning device so that the wax naturally migrates out of the ear canal. This means that…
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Sudden hearing loss in Singapore can present as blocked ear and this condition can be rather distressing! Recently, for some unknown reason, we have had quite a few patients coming to see me as an experienced ENT doctor in Singapore, with sudden blocked ear. Although blocked ear can be caused by a buildup of fluid behind the eardrum, hearing tests in sudden…
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