New Webpage on Dizziness

A new webpage describing dizziness and its various causes has been created. Though our office does not consider itself "dizzy experts," and is unable to provide the comprehensive evaluation and treatment of this problem other than those disorders due to the ear or allergies, we are often able to at least point patients in the right direction even if in the end we are unable to provide relief.

Minimally Invasive Surgery to Correct Hyper-Nasal Speech

Dr. Chang performs minimally invasive correction of nasal speech due to velopharyngeal insufficiency. This procedure entails the use of endoscopic techniques to precisely correct the defect without the use of incisions or soft palate reconstruction. Only patients with a small defect are candidates. In order to determine the size of the defect to see if a patient is a candidate, video nasal endoscopy is performed. Examples of exams are shown on this webpage as well.

Please contact our office if you would like to make an appt to see if your hypernasal speech is amenable to this minimally invasive procedure.

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If You Live Far Away
Our office has treated patients who live far away. If this is true for you as well, these are the steps to take:

1) Have a local ENT video record a nasopharyngoscopy exam as shown on our website. How the exam is performed is shown here. Make sure the exam records BOTH VIDEO AND AUDIO!!! During this exam, say the following words/phrases shown on this document, especially those in bold.
2) Mail the video/audio exam to Dr. Chang.
3) After Dr. Chang reviews the exam and feels you are a good candidate, check with your insurance company to see if you can come to our office for an appointment and have surgery. If Dr. Chang is out-of-network, have your local doctor help you obtain out-of-network insurance coverage.

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Guest Editorial in ENT Journal by Dr. Chang

Dr. Chang was recently invited to write a guest editorial for the ENT Journal regarding how to get the most out of a practice website without costs. It was published in the February 2008 volume. Read the editorial here.

Podcast Library on ENT Topics Created

Podcasts are becoming increasingly popular especially in this day of iPods and other mp3 players for people on the go. Although most podcasts are not medically related, there are a few well-produced medical podcasts... and even fewer dedicated to ENT topics. Those few medical podcasts on ENT topics are now listed on our website here. If there are others, please let us know and we will add to the list.

LECTURE: The Ears in Sickness and In Health

Drs. Phillips and Chang along with Catie Chalmers, MS, CCC/A will be giving a talk about how ears work in health and in sickness. The lecture will be given on May 22 at 7PM at the Fauquier Hospital Chestnut Room. The lecture is free, but please call 540-316-3588 to register (or email referral@fauquierhealth.org).