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Swallowing Difficulties

Swallowing Difficulties - Symptoms

  • Coughing during eating and drinking or shortly after eating / drinking
  • A wet / gurgly voice during or after eating
  • A tendency to hold food or drink in the mouth for prolonged periods of time
  • Difficulty eating hard, chewy or crumbly foods
  • Shortness of breath induced by eating or drinking
  • A long time taken to eat or drink - e.g. 45 minutes - 1 hour
  • Loss of weight because of a prolonged eating time, poor appetite or avoidance of certain foods.
  • Recurrent chest infections or pneumonia requiring hospitalisation
  • Drooling of saliva or inability to swallow ones own secretions
  • Refusal to eat
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Toh Song Tar Clin Assoc Prof

Clin Assoc Prof Toh Song Tar

Head & Senior Consultant

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

Clinical Interests: Sleep Apnoea Surgery, Snoring

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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

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Assoc Prof Charn Tze Choong

Senior Consultant

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

Clinical Interests: Rhinology

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Dr Constance Teo Ee Hoon

Senior Consultant

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

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

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Dr Kimberley Kiong

Senior Consultant

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

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

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Assoc Prof Lim Chwee Ming

Senior Consultant

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

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

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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

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Dr Shalini Arulanandam

Senior Consultant

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

Clinical Interests: Laryngology

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Dr Siti Radhziah Binte Sudirman

Senior Consultant

​MBBS, MRCS (Ireland), MMED (ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

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