Ear Nose Throat Specialist Singapore
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Dr Chris Hobbs MD FRCS
Senior Consultant
Ear Nose Throat, Head & Neck Surgeon
CHILDREN’S ENT
Specialised children’s nasal examination using a small endoscope
Allergy testing in children (skin prick testing or allergy blood test)
​Ear cleaning and wax removal using microscopy & suction

Hearing tests in children
Removal of foreign bodies from the ears, nose, or throat
Common paediatric ENT surgery (tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, grommet insertion)
Head & Neck surgery in the child & young adult (thyroglossal duct cyst, branchial cyst, lymph node biopsy)
HEARING & BALANCE
Hearing tests (audiometry & tympanometry)
​Ear cleaning and wax removal using microscopy & suction
Management of tinnitus
Management of vertigo & balance disorders
Investigation & treatment of acute facial nerve paralysis (Bell’s palsy)
Ear problems associated with SCUBA diving
Myringotomy and insertion of grommets

Balloon dilation of the Eustachian Tubes
Myringoplasty using Biodesign graft
Referral for hearing aid assessment and fitting
NOSE, SINUS & ALLERGY
Office-based diagnosis including flexible nasendoscopy under local anaesthetic
Nasal cleaning using rigid nasal endoscopy & suction

In clinic management of of nosebleeds (e.g. silver nitrate cautery)
​Allergy testing (skin prick testing and/or allergy blood test)
Sublingual immunotherapy
Office-based 
procedures (e.g. turbinate reduction using radiofrequency ablation, sinus washout)
Septoplasty, rhinoplasty and turbinate reduction (turbinoplasty)
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) using image guidance technology
Balloon sinuplasty
SNORING & SLEEP APNOEA 
WatchPAT®️ Home Sleep Apnea Test
Full Polysomnography (overnight sleep study) as an inpatient
Office-based procedures bipolar radiofrequency soft palate reduction
Coblation assisted palatoplasty for snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea
Referral for mandibular advancement devices or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy
VOICE, SWALLOWING & THROAT
Laryngeal videostroboscopy for assessment of the professional voice
Removal of foreign bodies using flexible nasal endoscopy (e.g. fish bone stuck in the throat)
pH monitoring for acid reflux
Functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)
Voice therapy (available in the clinic)
Office-based laryngeal injections including Restylane/Perlane and Botox

Microlaryngeal surgery (including carbon dioxide LASER surgery)
Surgery for unilateral or bilateral vocal palsy
HEAD & NECK / THYROID
In clinic ultrasound scanning for assessment of thyroid and neck lumps
Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration for cytology (FNAC)
​Nasopharyngeal cancer screening including narrow band imaging for assessment of mucosal surfaces
Transoral removal of salivary duct stones

Sialoendoscopy
Excision of skin lesions in the head & neck region
Excision biopsy of cervical lymph nodes
Surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands (hemithyroidectomy, total thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy)
Surgery of parotid and submandibular salivary glands
Head & Neck cancer surgery including neck dissection, laryngectomy & glossectomy

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