EAR, NOSE & THROAT (OTOLARYNGOLOGY) is a medical speciality which covers disorders of EAR, NOSE, THROAT and other related fields including ESOPHAGUS, ORAL CAVITY, NECK etc.. We also covers SLEEP APNEA and SNORING, HEARING AIDS, SWALLOWING DISORDER, GERD, etc..
SLEEP APNEA is a common disorder among the patients who complain SNORING.
The patient feels
strong sleepiness during daytime even after enough hours of sleep because of apnea or
hypopnea caused by nasal obstruction, narrow airway of obesity, central nervous system
disorder, etc. which induce insufficient oxygen supply. It can be the cause of sudden death.
We have Home-Use Apno-Monitor by which we can make a diagnosis of SLEEP APNEA. Home-Use
Apno-Monitor is very easy to use. You can use it in your bed at home, with
sensors of your
breath of mouth/nose and saturation of oxygen in your blood.
Prescription of CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway pressure) is available for the treatment of
sleep apnea.
HEARING AIDS are very effective tools for patients of hearing loss when
they are adjusted rightly in terms of audiograms of patients. In our clinic, application of HEARING AIDS.
will be discussed carefully for each patient in terms of his/her hearing ability and the
kind of hearing loss (sensory/conductive).
Dr. Kumada has the licence of the specialist of HEARING AIDS approved by
Japan Society of Otorhinolaryngology
SWALLOWING DISORDER is frequently found among older people. We make a diagnose and evaluate the severity of this disorder mainly by laryngeal fiberscopic findings. We give information of appropriate kinds of foods and how to take it:, which make definitely lower the risk of aspiration and make better the quality of life.
GASTRO-ESOPHAGUS REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) is a very common disease, which symptoms includes laryngeal discomfortability, sustained cough, burning sensation, hoarseness, etc.. GERD can be diagnosed by laryngeal fiberscopic findings and diagnostic treatment by Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs), which are very effective.
