Review Article
After the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Singapore’s Contribution to the International Disaster Victim Identification Effort...
The now much-discussed tsunami of 26 December 2004, attributed to a massive undersea earthquake (magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale) that occurred off...
Infections of the External Ear
Otitis externa refers to a spectrum of infections of the external auditory canal and auricle. It is a common condition and affects between 5%...
Facial Palsy from Temporal Bone Lesions
The facial nerve is traditionally divided into the following parts for discussion: supranuclear, nucleus and tracts, cisternal segment, intratemporal segment and the peripheral segment....
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Sensorineural Deafness
There have been significant advances in the understanding of middle ear mechanics and inner ear physiology in the past 2 decades. With increasing exchange...
Auditory-Verbal Therapy for Children with Hearing Impairment
In recent years, rapid technological advancement in the education of the hearing-impaired has taken place. Early intervention is now possible with the advent of...
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Singapore: The Need, Implementation and Challenges
About 1 in 1000 newborns have severe to profound hearing loss and about 5 in 1000 have lesser degrees of loss,1 which suggests that...
Managing Hearing Loss in Children and Adults: Singapore Context
In the management of hearing loss, advances in technology have led to more reliable screening tools, better diagnostic equipment and sophisticated hearing devices. These,...
Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for the Dizzy Patient
The use of vestibular exercises to treat patients with persistent symptoms of positional vertigo and disequilibrium has been around for many years. The Cawthorne...
The Prevalence of Psychological and Psychiatric Sequelae of Cancer in the Elderly – How...
Across the globe, there has been a rapid increase in the absolute and relative numbers of older persons. According to the 1993 World Bank...
Guidelines of Care for Cutaneous Haemangiomas
In 1982, Mulliken and Glowacki classified vascular anomalies into tumours and malformations.1 A modification of this classification was adopted by the International Society for...