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ENT (EAR NOSE & THROAT) DEPARTMENT

The ENT dept. has two consultants to manage all ENT problems in the out patient department. One ENT Consultant will be available for any emergency ENT problem around the clock.

Doctors Available:
Dr. E. Krishnan
Dr. Elmer Espinoza

Dr. Stan Kwik

AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH THERAPY CLINIC

Through its goal of providing modern and comprehensive services and treatment, the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Clinic at the American Mission Hospital has added Audiology and Speech Therapy (AST) to its range of services

Specialist Available:
Ms Sheik Naziya Batusha

Direct: 17248148

The American Mission Hospital has also refurbished its Audiology Lab with the latest audiological testing and diagnostic instrumentation. With these additions and improvements, the AST service has the capacity to perform:

Clinical Tests of Auditory Function:
1. Pure tone audiometry
2. Immotance Audiometry
a. Tympanometry
b. Acoustic reflex testing
c. Acoustic reflex decay
3. Classical Site of Lesion Tests
a. Short Increment Sensitivity Index (SISI)
b. Alternate Binaural Loudness Balance (ABLB)
c. Tone Decay (TD)
4. Diagnostic tests for children
a. Behavioral observation audiometry
b. Visual reinforcement audiometry
c. Conditioning audiometry

Hearing Aids:
1. Hearing aid trails and hearing aid analysis

Speech Therapy - Assessment and Therapy
1. Language disorders in children
a. Hearing impairment
b. Mental retardation (Down's syndrome and Micro/Megacephaly)
c. Emotional disorders (Autism and Elective Mutism)
d. Environmental deprivation (Neglected Child)
e. Neurological disorders (Developmental Dysphasia, Dysarthria, Cerebral Palsy, Hyperactivity, and Learning disabilities)
2. Language disorders/ Adults
a. Neurocommunicative disorders (following neurological pathology)
i. Aphasia
ii. Dysarthria
iii. Dyspraxia
3. Speech Disorders
a. Stammering
b. Cluttering
c. Dyslalia/Misarticulation
d. Cleft, Lip and Palate
4. Voice Disorders
a. Hoarseness of voice
b. Puberphonia
c. Spastic Dysphonia
5. Hypernasility/Hyponasality

Industrial Noise Measurement and Hearing Conservation Program

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DR. E. KRISHNAN

Specialty: Ear, Nose and throat Surgeon

Training/ Schooling:
Grant Medical College, Bombay, India - M.B.B.S
Bombay University, Bombay, India - D.O.R.L
Bombay University, Bombay - M.S.ENT

Certificates/ Qualifications:

Dr Krishnan started the department in June 1993. Besides routine surgeries his special interest in  head + neck cancer surgery & reconstruction surgery. He has also been trained to do surgery of Thyroid, Parotid and Submandibular Salivary glands.

He keeps himself abreast by reading ENT journals & also publishing articles in the same.

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Dr. Elmer Espinoza

Specialty: Ear, Nose & Throat, Head & Neck Surgery

Training / Schooling:

      MD University of the East, Quezon City Philippines

      Residency in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Veteran’s Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

Certificates/Qualifications:

Diplomate, Philippine Board of Otolaryngology-Head and neck surgery

Fellow Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and neck surgery

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Dr. Stanley S. H. Kwik

Specialty:

Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon

Otology and Allergy

Training / Schooling:

MD - University of Leiden, Holland

Board Certification ENT Surgery and Specialization in Micro Ear surgery and Alergy - Free University of Amsterdam, Holland

Personal Introduction:

 Prior to joining AMH, Dr. Kwik had a private practice in Amsterdam, Holland.  He joined Saudi Aramco, in Dahran, Saudi Arabia and practiced there for 15 years as an ENT/Allergy consultant.

He is a keen golf player and has been an active member of Riffa Golf Club since it's opening.

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Sheikh Naziya Batusha

Specialty: Audiology/Speech Therapy

Training / Schooling:

      Sri Ramchandra Medical College and Research Institute

Certificates / Qualifications:

      Bachelor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Personal Introduction:

      I have done my Bachelor degree in Speech and hearing and I worked for 2 years as and Audiologist and Speech pathologist.  I am married to a Pharmacist and have a lovely daughter.  I am interested in cooking and looking after my child.

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