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Swallowing Difficulties

Swallowing Difficulties - Diagnosis

The Speech Therapist will take a case history of your swallowing difficulties and assess your swallowing in the clinic. The therapist may send you for:

  • Videofluoroscopy
  • FEES (Fibreoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing)

Videofluoroscopy

  • It is a swallowing assessment using a x-ray so that we can see you chewing and swallowing the food and liquids.
  • You will be asked to eat small amounts of a soft food, biscuit / bread, thickened liquid and liquid. A white powder called barium will be mixed into the food so that we can see the food when you swallow it.
  • The examination will be recorded on videotape so that the speech therapist can review the tape later and also show it to the patient.

FEES (Fibreoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing)

  • This is a swallowing examination using a fiberoptic endoscope.
  • The scope is inserted through you nose to enable the examiner to see your throat.
  • You will be given some food and liquids mixed with blue food colouring to eat/drink so that we can assess your swallowing.
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Toh Song Tar Clin Assoc Prof

Clin Assoc Prof Toh Song Tar

Senior Consultant

MBBS(S’pore), MRCS(Edin), MMED(ORL), MMED(Sleep Med), FAMS(ORL)

Clinical Interests: Sleep Apnoea Surgery, Snoring

Chan Yew Meng Dr

Dr Chan Yew Meng

Senior Consultant

​MBBS, FRCS (Edin), FAMS (ORL)

Clinical Interests: Skull Base Surgery, Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Management, Vertigo, Dizziness and Imbalance, Labyrinthine/ Inner Ear Tumors

Charn Tze Choong Assoc Prof

Assoc Prof Charn Tze Choong

Senior Consultant

MBBS (NUS), MRCS (Edin), GDFM (NUS), MMed (ORL), DOHNS (Eng), FEBEORL

Clinical Interests: Rhinology

Constance Teo Ee Hoon  Dr

Dr Constance Teo Ee Hoon

Senior Consultant

​MBBS(S’pore), MRCS(Edin), Mmed(ORL), FAMS(ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

Kimberley Kiong Dr

Dr Kimberley Kiong

Senior Consultant

MBBS(S’pore), MRCS(Edin), MMED(ORL), FAMS(ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

Neville Teo Wei Yang Dr

Dr Neville Teo Wei Yang

Senior Consultant

​MBBS (Spore), MRCS (Glasgow), MMed (ORL)

Clinical Interests: Immunotherapy for Allergic Rhinitis, Rhinology, Revision Sinus Surgery

Ong Ming Liang Andrew Clin Assoc Prof

Clin Assoc Prof Ong Ming Liang Andrew

Senior Consultant

MBChB (Hons), MRCP (UK), FAMS (Gastro), MMedEd (Dundee)

Clinical Interests: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Complex Functional GI Disorders, General Hepatology, Esophageal Manometry & pH Monitoring, Intestinal Ultrasound, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Neurogastroenterology, Anorectal Manometry

Shalini Arulanandam Dr

Dr Shalini Arulanandam

Senior Consultant

​MBBS(S’pore), MMED(ORL), FAMS(ORL), MBA

Clinical Interests: Laryngology

Siti Radhziah Binte Sudirman Dr

Dr Siti Radhziah Binte Sudirman

Senior Consultant

​MBBS, MRCS (Ireland), MMED (ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

Isabelle Jang Jia Hui Dr

Dr Isabelle Jang Jia Hui

Consultant

​BSc (Hons), MD, MRCS(Glasg), MMed (ORL), FAMS (ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck

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