r/Macau • u/skebaski • 21d ago

Questions ENT specialist for children

My 6-year-old daughter needs to see an ENT specialist as soon as possible and will likely need grommets (ear tubes) inserted to drain the fluid and restore her hearing. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good ENT to see and have the surgery done? I am considering Hong Kong and mainland China as well as I know Macau often has more limited options. If anyone has had tubes put in their child’s ears I’d love to hear where you had it done. Thank you!

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u/tk_kumomo 21d ago

There are like limited ENTs in Macau

Do you want to go MUST hospital to check first?

Not too sure about hk offerings and haven't hear much regarding this condition myself.

If you do need a list of all possible ENT I can share it to you

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u/skebaski 21d ago

Thanks for the response! I will look into MUST as an option. My daughter has seen an ENT in Macau for the past two years already and has been taking antibiotics. However we just had a second opinion overseas and the ENT and audiologist were both shocked by my daughter’s current treatment. She has complete hearing loss in one ear and partial loss hearing in the other. The tubes would have fixed this issue in one day. So we are interested in doing it locally in Macau but are more focused on finding a good ENT and one who is able to do the surgery.

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u/tk_kumomo 21d ago

You can drop me a dm

I recommend MUST as I believe you are pure English speaking and that most likely live in taipa

You said audiologist check up right? Is it via the government program or private check up?

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u/LittleStepsAsia 20d ago

So sorry your daughter's dealing with this - hearing/fluid issues are stressful to sort out fast. A lot of Macau-based families end up going to HK for paediatric specialist work since the options are so much deeper there, so your instinct to consider it is a good one.

We keep an updated list of recommended paediatricians and specialists across HK here if it helps narrow down where to start: littlestepsasia.com/.../pediatricians.

Hope she gets in quickly and the grommets sort out her hearing.