The Medical City - Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

truments and machines are available for comprehensive evaluation of ENT problems and management

The Center for Voice and Swallowing continues to be the premier referral center for diagnosing voice and swallowing disorders in the Philippines with the largest number patients seen on file to date. Equipment includes the installation of a new digital stroboscope, and acquisition of updated swallowing evaluation devices for its Swallowing Clinic. The addition of Fiber-optic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing with Sensory Testing has aided both the Neurologist and Otolaryngologist in the assessment of patients with swallowing disorders and in the evaluation, initiation and/or rehabilitation of swallowing and feeding in these cases. Laryngeal EMG has also aided in the diagnosis and prediction of recovery or prognosis of vocal cord paralysis. Speech Therapy has also helped patients with voice disorders attain their most functional voice under the supervision of our trained Speech Pathologists. The Hearing and Dizziness Unit is operational with modern facilities including pure tone audiometry, speech testing, tympanometry, auditory brainstem response, auditory steady state response, otoacoustic emissions, and videonystagmography among others. The section has a new facility for Pediatric Audiometry. The unit caters to the needs of patients with complaints involving hearing and balance. The facilities are at par with international standards offering high noise reduction characteristics that are a must in areas where the ambient noise levels are excessively high and to date equipments. The Prosthesis Laboratory is the first in the country to have a dedicated prosthesis lab. Here, we produce different types of prosthesis which include fingers and toes prosthesis, facial prostheses, face guard such as those worn by patients with nasal bone fractures and intra-oral prosthesis such as feeding obturators, mouth guards and speech aids. Every prosthesis that we create, we ensure not only an aesthetic improvement of the patient’s features but also of his or her self-esteem as well as some functional restoration