Dr Ng Jia Hui

Dr Ng Jia Hui is an ENT surgeon with a subspecialty interest in otology and lateral skull base surgery. She is the current Director of the Centre for Hearing and Ear Implants at SGH. She completed her fellowship training in Otology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Australia. Her clinical interests include adult and paediatric hearing loss, hearing implants, chronic ear disease, eustachian tube disorders and vestibular schwannomas. She is actively involved in clinical education and research, with a particular interest in improving outcomes and quality of life for individuals with hearing loss.

• Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2026 – Star
• Residency in Singhealth Excels (RISE) Award 2025 – Outstanding Faculty Award
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2024 – Gold
• Service with a Heart Award 2022
• SMJ Best Research Paper Award 2016 – First Prize
• Singapore Young Investigator Award 2012 – Gold

1. Ng JH, Wong JC, Man RE, Fenwick EK, Gupta P, Teo NW, Lamoureux EL. Prevalence and risk factors of hearing impairment in older Singaporeans: a population-based study. Singapore Med J. 2026 Oct 15.
2. Nooteboom I, Fenwick EK, Man REK, Wong JCM, Yeo BSY, Gao EY, Kye Jyn Tan B, Yee H, Ng JH, Wei Yang Teo N, Forde C, Lamoureux EL, Gupta P. Elucidating the burden of dual-sensory impairment in community-based older individuals in a multi-ethnic society. Sci Rep. 2026 Apr 2;16(1):16650.
3. Lim CK, Cheng MS, Low G, Tang JZ, Ng JH, Ong NG, Leem PS, Lim SA, Thong JF, Tan VYJ. Genomic Biomarkers and Mutational Landscape of Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss (NSHL) in the Singaporean Population: Clinical Translational Implications. Biomolecules. 2026 Feb 26;16(3):352.
4. Neo WL, Thong J, Yuen HW, Tan V, Woo M, Ong HS, Ng JH. Droplet Generation During Mastoidectomy and Mitigation by Use of a Novel Barrier Drape. Cureus. 2025 Dec 30;17(12):e100442.
5. Judd RT, Gluth MB, Gurgel RK, Dornhoffer JL, Carlson ML, Isaacson B, Kuthubutheen J, Ng JH, Quick M, Anderson RD, Sakai M, Barnes JH, Fussell WL. Impact of Modifiable Surgical Factors on Ossiculoplasty Outcomes After Controlling for Ear Environment Risk: A Multi-Institutional Study. Otol Neurotol. 2025 Dec 1;46(10):1280-1288.
6. Yeo BSY, Gao EY, Tan BKJ, Ong BDC, Cho RWY, Lim CY, Man REK, Fenwick EK, Gupta P, Chen CL, Chew STH, Teo NWY, Toh ST, Ng JH, Tan VYJ, Lamoureux EL. Dual sensory impairment: Global prevalence, future projections, and its association with cognitive decline. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Feb;21(2):e14465.
7. Yeo BSY, Tan VYJ, Ng JH, Tang JZ, Sim BLH, Tay YL, Chowdhury AR, David AP, Jiam NT, Kozin ED, Rauch SD. Hearing Loss and Falls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 May 1;151(5):485-494.
8. Kheok SW, Ng JH, Liauw L, Tan VYJ, Thong JF. Prediction of Difficult Round Window Visibility during Cochlear Implantation via a Reformatted CT Facial Recess View: A Retrospective Study with Surgical Correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Mar 4;46(3):572-579.
9. Gupta P, Chan A, Tai-Anh V, Man REK, Fenwick EK, Aravindhan A, Junxing C, Wood JM, Black AA, Ng JH, Cheng CY, Sabanayagam C, Lamoureux EL. Prevalence, associated risk factors; and patient and economic impact of multiple sensory impairment in a multi-ethnic elderly population in Singapore: the PIONEER study. BMC Public Health. 2024 Apr 22;24(1):1102.
10. Kuthubutheen J, Sharon JD, Jung BT, Sepahdari AR, Ng JH, Erickson S, Peris H, De Juan E, Limb CJ. Early Experience with a Novel Treatment for Menière's Disease: A Long Acting Dexamethasone Formulation for Precise Delivery to the Round Window Membrane. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Jun 1;45(5):564-571.
11. Ng JH, Bala A, Hendriks T, Kuthubutheen J. Audiological outcomes following middle cranial fossa repair of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks. J Laryngol Otol. 2024 Oct 21;139(5):1-4.
12. Fenwick EK, Gupta P, Chan AWD, Man REK, Aravindhan A, Ng JH, Cheng CY, Wong TY, Chan A, Teo NWY, Sabanayagam C, Lamoureux EL. The Impact of Hearing Impairment on Health Indicators in a Multiethnic Population of Older Adults in Singapore. Innov Aging. 2023 Sep 16;7(8):igad101.
13. Ng JH, Bala A, Hendriks T, Kuthubutheen J. Improving Surgical Outcomes in Middle Cranial Fossa Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair. Neurosurg Pract. 2023;4(3):e00042.
14. Ng JH, Kuthubutheen J. Postmastoidectomy Hyperacusis Syndrome: Clinical Features and Treatment. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Oct 1;43(9):e1020-e1023.
15. Wan Xin Khoo, Heng Wai Yuen, Min Wei Chen, Tiong Yong Tan, Ng Jia Hui. Glossopharyngeal schwannoma as a differential for a cerebellopontine angle mass. Otolaryngology Case Reports, Volume 23, Jun 2022,100405.
16. Tan AD, Ng JH, Low DY, Yuen HW. Post-operative healing and long-term stability after mastoid cavity reconstruction using the middle temporal artery and inferior musculoperiosteal flaps. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022;279(2):639-644.
17. Ng JH, Daniel D, Sadovoy A, Teo CEH. Eye Protection in ENT Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic. OTO Open. 2021 Apr 16;5(2):2473974X211010408.
18. Thong JF, Ng JH, Ng TK. A Cost-effective Solution to Limit Aerosol Transmission of Infectious Agents During Mastoid Drilling. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Oct 1;146(10):980.
19. Yu Yue, Jonathan See, Ng Jia Hui, David YM Low, Tan Tiong Yong, Yuen Heng Wai. Pattern of Middle Ear Cholesteatoma and Implications on Surgical Approach. J Laryngol Otol. 2020 Jan 23:1-5.
20. Ng Jia Hui, Tan Dexian Arthur, Lim Su Ann, Low David Yong Ming, Yuen Heng Wai. Classification of Temporal Bone Pneumatization on High-Resolution Computed Tomography: Prevalence Patterns and Implications. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 May
21. Ng Jia Hui, Gopal Iyer, Tan Min-Han, Edgren G. Changing epidemiology of oral squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: A global study. Head Neck. 2017 Feb;39(2):297-304.
22. Ramesh Wijaya, Jia Hui Ng, Lester Ong, Andrew Wong. Can venous base excess replace arterial base excess as a marker of early shock and a predictor of survival in trauma? Singapore Med J 2016 Feb;57(2):73-6
23. Jia Hui Ng, Ho C. Roger, Adele Ng, Heng Wai Yuen, Raymond Y Ngo. Intratympanic steroids as a salvage treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss? A meta-analysis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Oct;272(10):2777-82.
24. Ramesh Wijaya, Jia Hui Ng, Amanda See, Steven Kum. Open Thrombectomy for Primary Acute Mesenterico-portal Venous Thrombosis – Should it be done? Published in Annals of Vascular Surgery Ann Vasc Surg. 2015 Oct;29(7):1454.e21-5.
25. Ramesh Wijaya, Jia Hui Ng, Shoun Tan, Andrew Wong. Schistosomal Appendicitis with Portal Hypertension. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2015 Feb 20.
26. Jia Hui Ng, Seak Yeak, Natalie Phoon, Stephen Lo. Cosmetic procedures among youths: a survey of junior college and medical students in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2014 Aug;55(8):422-6.
27. Jia Hui Ng, Edward Z Zhang, Sue-rene Soon, Vanessa Y Tan, Tiong Yong Tan, Paul K Mok, Heng Wai Yuen. Pre-operative high resolution computed tomography scans for cholesteatoma: has anything changed? Am J Otolaryngol. 2014 Jul-Aug;35(4):508-13.
28. Jia Hui Ng, Raymond Ngo Y. S. The Use Of The Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale As A Patient-Based Grading System In Bell’s Palsy. The Laryngoscope. 2013 May;123(5):1256-60
29. Jia Hui Ng, Stephen Lo, Paul Lock, Jeeve Kanagalingam, Francoise Lim, Susan Goh. Association between Anxiety, Type A Personality, and Treatment Outcome of Dysphonia due to Benign Causes. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2013 Jan;148(1):96-102.
30. Jia Hui Ng, Xiu Yun Ang, Sze Huey Tan, Miriam Tao, Soon Thye Lim, Alexandre Chan. Breakthrough Febrile Neutropenia and Associated Complications in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients Receiving Pegfilgrastim. Acta Hematologica 2011;125(3):107-14
31. Min-Han Tan, Wen Yee Chay, Jia Hui Ng, Bin Tean Teh, Lita Chew. Transient bilateral abducens neuropathy with post-tetanic facilitation and acute hypokalemia associated with oxaliplatin: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010, 4:36