Attending to all your surgical concerns pertaining to
Ears and Hearing
Health Plans
Accepted
All major insurance providers are accepted at Nuffield Medical Orchard
Orchard Road, Singapore
My clinic is conveniently situated in Wheelock Place, Orchard Road, which is in the heart of Singapore.
My training spans multiple domains of surgical expertise. Find out why I am the right surgeon for your needs.
NEW PRACTICE LOCATION
Dr Rebecca is a subspecialist in Otology & Neurotology, a highly specialised branch of ENT that deals with disorders of the ear, hearing, balance, facial nerve and skull base. The kinds of conditions that she sees are hearing loss, hearing loss in one ear, hearing loss that cannot benefit enough from hearing aids, complex ear disease, chronic ear infections, revision ear operations, tumours in or near the ear and complicated vertigo.
Dr Heywood has gained a wealth of experience and training in some of the best hospitals in the UK, Australia and Singapore, including world-renowned institutions such as Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, the Royal Marsden Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital and Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital.
Areas of Expertise
Dr Rebecca Heywood treats the following conditions:
Hearing loss
Ear infection
Ear discharge (Otorrhoea)
Tympanic membrane (ear drum) perforation
Tympanic membrane (ear drum) retraction
Cholesteatoma
Otosclerosis
Glue ear (otitis media with effusion)
Blocked ears
Eustachian tube dysfunction
Otalgia (ear pain)
Tinnitus
Dizziness & vertigo
Meniere’s disease
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
Vestibular neuronitis
Labyrinthitis
Dr Rebecca Heywood performs the following operations and procedures:
Ear microsuction
Tympanoplasty/Myringoplasty
Ossiculoplasty
Stapedectomy
Cochlear implantation
Bone conduction implantation
Middle ear implantation
Tympanomastoidectomy
Blind Sac closure
Canalplasty
Meatoplasty
Mastoid cavity obliteration
Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty
Myringotomy & grommet insertion
Removal of foreign body in the external ear
Memberships & Associations
Awards & Recognition
Featured Articles
July 28th 2021
Have you ever stopped to marvel at the exquisite nature of our ability to hear? The intricate machinery that is the human ear allows us to experience the world in a unique and wonderful way.
July 28th 2021
If you’ve experienced a ringing or buzzing in your ears, you know what it’s like to have tinnitus. Different people may hear the sound in different ways. Some of my patients describe it as a roaring, hissing, whistling, ringing or buzzing sound.
July 28th 2021
What causes hearing loss? It is normal to experience some hearing loss as you age and around 50% of people over 65 years of age have age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis.
Nuffield ENT
501 Orchard Road, Wheelock Place, #05-15, Singapore 238880
Tel: +65 – 6950 2869, +65 – 8805 0324
Nuffield ENT
Nuffield Medical Centre
501 Orchard Road
#05-15 Wheelock Place
Singapore 238880