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Dr Vanessa Tan Yee Jueen

Dr Vanessa Tan Yee Jueen

MBBS (S'pore), MRCS (Glasgow), M.Med (ORL), MCI (S'pore)

Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Otorhinolaryngology/ENT

Clinical Interest: Otology/Neurotology, Hearing Implants

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Acoustic Neuroma, Cholesteatoma, Otosclerosis, Perforated ear drums, Sudden Hearing Loss.

Clinical Appointments

  • Consultant Otorhinolaryngology - Head &Neck Surgery Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Director Hearing and Ear Implants Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Academic Appointments

  • Core Faculty, SingHealth ENT Residency
  • Clinical Asst Prof Duke-NUS
  • Clinical Lecturer Yoong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Profile

Vanessa is the Director of the Centre for Hearing and Ear Implants at Singapore General Hospital. She completed a fellowship in Otology, Hearing Implants and Neuro-otology with the Royal VictorianView More +

Education

  • ​Certificate of Specialist Accreditation in Otorhinolaryngology June 2018
  • Masters of Medicine (Otorhinolaryngology) Jan 2014
  • The Royal College of Surgeons MRCS (Glasgow) Mar 2010
  • Masters of Clinical Investigation (NUS) Aug 2021

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

  • ​SGH Service with a Heart Award 2024
  • SGH Service with a Heart Award 2023
  • Singapore Health Service Quality Silver Award 2020
  • 88th Temporal Bone Dissection Workshop Best Dissection 2019
  • SGH Service with a Heart Award 2019
  • SingHealth 10 year Long Service Award 2019
  • Junior Doctor Teaching Award 2015/2016
  • Resident Committee Appreciation Award 2013-2015
  • SGH Service with a Heart Award Oct 2012-Mar 2013
  • Outstanding Resident 2012-2013
  • Outstanding House Officer Sep 2007-Jan 2008
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Research Interests

  • ​Single Sided Deafness 
  • Preventing Hearing Loss in Cancer treatment 
  • Genetic Mutations Causing Hearing Loss 
  • Biomarkers of Hearing Loss

Publications

  • Yeo BSY, Tan VYJ, Ng JH, Tang JZ, Sim BLH, Tay YL, Chowdhury AR, David AP, Jiam NT, Kozin ED, Rauch SD. Hearing Loss and Falls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Published online March 20, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2025.0056
  • Yeo BSY, Gao EY, Tan BKJ, Ong BDC, Cho RWY, Lim CY, Man REK, Fenwick EK, Gupta P, Chen CL, Chew STH, Teo NWY, Toh ST, Ng JH, Tan VYJ, Lamoureux EL. Dual sensory impairment: Global prevalence, future projections, and its association with cognitive decline. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Feb;21(2):e14465.
  • Tan VYJ, Hollow R, Tari S, Rousset A, Wills R, Briggs RJS, Dowell RC. Cochlear implant usage in single sided deafness and factors affecting usage. Cochlear Implants Int. 2024 Oct 9:1-7. 
  • Kheok SW, Ng JH, Liauw L, Tan VYJ, Thong JF. Prediction of difficult round window visibility during cochlear implantation via a reformatted CT facial recess view: A retrospective study with surgical correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. Published online September 16, 2024. doi:10.3174/ajnr.A8503
  • Ang AJY, Chee SP, Tang JZE, Chan CY, Tan VYJ, Lee JA, Schrepfer T, Ahamed NMN, Tan MB. Developing a production workflow for 3D-printed temporal bone surgical simulators. 3D Print Med. 2024 May 30;10(1):16.
  • Aw NMY, Thong JF, Tan BYB, Tan VYJ. Managing cholesteatomas with labyrinthine fistula. Singapore Med J. Published online August 22, 2023. doi:10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-377
  • Tan VYJ, Edward ZY Zhang, PS Leem, Deepak D’Souza, Huihua Li, SW Teng2, Gopal Krishna S, Bennett Ong, Barrie YB Tan: Audiologic and patient perceived benefit in cochlear implantation for single-sided deafness. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2022. Vol 31(0) 1-6
  • Tan VYJ, Tan YB Barrie, Kheok SW, Tan WK Terence, Tan HK: Case report of Eustachian tube melanoma: 4-year follow-up of a grave and rare condition. Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, Sept 2020, volume 49, number 9
  • Tan VYJ, Zhang EZY, Daniel D, et al. Respiratory droplet generation and dispersal during nasoendoscopy and upper respiratory swab testing. Head Neck. 2020;42(10):2779-2781. doi:10.1002/hed.26347
  • Ng JH, Zhang EZ, Soon SR, Tan VY, Tan TY, Mok PK, Yuen HW: Pre-operative high resolution computed tomography scans for cholesteatoma: has anything changed? Am J Otolaryngol 2014 Jul-Aug;35(4):508-13
  • Tan VYJ, D'Souza VD, Low WK: Acoustic brainstem implant in a post-meningitis deafened child-Lessons learned. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol; 2012 Feb;76(2):300-2
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Research Trials