Throat • Voice & Swallowing
At Advanced ENT
Dr Lau specialises in diagnosis and treatment of throat, voice and swallowing disorders. He completed fellowship training in the field of laryngology (throat, voice and swallowing problems) at the University of British Columbia, Canada, from 1999 to 2000. Subsequently he directed the ENT Voice and Swallowing service at the Singapore General Hospital until 2012, when he left for private practice. He introduced injection laryngoplasty for vocal paralysis and scanning laser surgery of the vocal folds in Singapore. Dr Lau was a founding member of the Asian Pacific Laryngology Association and which brings together practitioners of laryngeal surgery in the Asia Pacific region. He is also an executive committee member of Performing Arts Medicine Singapore.
Conditions that we treat
- Chronic cough
- Dysphagia (swallowing difficulty or recurrent aspiration)
- Globus pharyngeus (feeling of lump in throat)
- Occupational and professional voice disorders
- Voice problems in performers
- Unilateral vocal fold paralysis (one-sided, usually causing weak breathy voice)
- Bilateral vocal fold paralysis (both sides, usually causing breathing difficulty)
- Muscle tension dysphonia
- Exercise induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO)
- Spasmodic dysphonia
- Puberphonia
- Vocal fold lesions e.g. vocal polyps, nodules, cysts
- Laryngeal papillomatosis
- Laryngeal dysplasia and early laryngeal cancer
- Voice restoration after laryngeal cancer surgery
- Tracheostomy related problems
Outpatient services
- Comprehensive evaluation of voice and swallowing disorders
- Stroboscopic laryngeal examination
- Interdisciplinary rehabilitation of voice and swallowing disorders
- pH monitoring for acid reflux
- Diagnostic laryngeal electromyography (EMG)
- Botulinum toxin injections for spasmodic voice disorders
- Office-based injection augmentation for vocal fold paralysis
- Office-based tracheo-esophageal puncture and prosthesis insertion for voice restoration after surgery for laryngeal cancer
Surgery for voice and swallowing problems
- Laser surgery including early laryngeal cancer and laryngeal papilloma
- Surgery for unilateral vocal paralysis including injection laryngoplasty and thyroplasty
- Surgery for bilateral vocal paralysis
- Endoscopic and open airway reconstruction
- Surgery for unusual disorders eg. spasmodic dysphonia
- Gender reassignment
- Small incision tracheostomy and tracheostomy management