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Laryngology and Swallowing

2026/01/22

The Laryngology & Swallowing subspecialty specialises in the evaluation and management of throat, voice and swallowing disorders. These include services for patients with voice misuse and abuse, vocal cord paralysis, cancer of the larynx and swallowing difficulties related to cancer of/surgery to the head and neck area. Patients with such disorders are evaluated by our laryngologist and a team of dedicated Speech Therapists who specialise in voice, swallowing, breathing and chronic cough management.

Conditions

The voice and swallowing clinic provides diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for the following conditions:

Voice/Larynx

Laryngitis (acute and chronic)
Occupational and professional voice problem
Benign vocal cord lesions (vocal cord nodules, polyps, cysts)
Laryngeal cancer
Vocal fatigue
Reduced/limited pitch range
Unilateral vocal fold palsy
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR)
Spasmodic dysphonia

Swallowing

Dysphagia (swallowing difficulty)
Zenker's Diverticulum

Airway

Bilateral vocal folds palsy
Subglottic stenosis

Others

Gender dysphoria
Retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction

Office-based Investigations

Voice assessment
Videostroboscopy
Transnasal esophagoscopy
Fiberoptic endoscopic examination of swallowing (FEES)
Videofluoroscopy

Speech Therapies

Voice and speech therapy and rehabilitation
Psychological therapy in specific voice or swallowing-related disorders
Swallowing therapy & rehabilitation
Preventative swallowing program for patients undergoing radiotherapy
Interdisciplinary assessment with our trained speech therapists

Treatment Options

Diagnostic procedures and treatments that can be performed in the clinic:

Nasoendoscopy of the larynx
Stroboscopy to visualise the vocal cords
Transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE)
Swallowing assessment ie. FEES
Injection medialisation thyroplasty
Botulinum injection to the laryngeal muscles

Common Surgical Procedures

Clinic-based laryngeal injections including vocal fold augmentation and botulinum toxin (Botox)
Microlaryngeal surgery (microscopic surgery to the larynx)
Surgery for unilateral and bilateral vocal paralysis
Laser surgery including early laryngeal cancer and laryngeal papilloma
Secondary tracheoesophageal puncture for speech post-laryngectomy
Endoscopic laser treatment and dilatation of laryngeal stenosis
Surgical treatment of dysphagia including cricopharyngeal dilatation and endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy
Surgery for muscle-related voice disorders e.g. spasmodic dysphonia
Endolaryngeal microsurgery (ELMS)
Biopsy/excision of laryngeal tumours
Injection of Botulinum to the laryngeal muscles or cricopharyngeus
Injection medialisation thyroplasty
Thyroplasty procedures including:
- Open medialisation thyroplasty
- Feminisation glottoplasty and shaving of the thyroid cartilage

Doctors

Dr Hu Huixin
Consultant

Speech Therapist

Ms Raynor Sharon Nicola

Senior Speech Therapist