THROAT AND VOICE DISORDERS SYMPTOMS: 1. Postnasal drip 2. Change of voice, hoarseness and weak voice 3. Throat irritation, sore throat and lump in the throat 4. Dry throat & throat clearing 5. Chronic cough 6. Acid reflux disease (heartburn affecting voice) 7. Throat and voice box (larynx) cancer SERVICES/TREATMENT AVAILABLE:   • Video endoscopic examination (rigid and flexible nasoendoscopy) • Tonsillectomy o Cold steel o Radiofrequency ablation o Monopolar and bipolar diathermy o Harmonic scalpel o CO2 Laser • Screening and biopsy for throat/voice box cancer • Correction of vocal cord paralysis and medialisation (Type I Thyroplasty) • Injection Laryngoplasty • Vocal cord lesions including nodules, cyst and polyps • Laser Endoscopic Laryngeal Microsurgery (ELMS) -voice box surgery • Speech therapy referral • Antireflux therapy    

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A direct examination of the throat using a headlight

A close-up view of the oral cavity and oropharynx (upper throat)

Throat examination revealing large tonsils. Compare the narrowed airway with the above picture (without enlarged tonsils)

A direct examination of the throat using a headlight

Last update:  10/1/13 

An endoscopic examination of the voice box (larynx) showing a granuloma at the right vocal cord

An endoscopic examination of the voice box (larynx) showing a cancer at the right vocal cord