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An audiologist reveals how modern hearing aids became sleek tech powerhouses, plus what to expect during the initial adjustment period when everything suddenly sounds louder. On Health Matters, Daniel Martin spoke to Mandy Mak, Audiologist at Hearing Partners Singapore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Priscilla Gan, Executive Director, Diabetes SG. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ve never needed an inhaler. You don’t have asthma or normally experience breathing difficulties. But during this hazy period, after seeing a doctor for breathing difficulties and throat irritation, you’re prescribed one – probably the blue inhaler. Why? Does this mean you’re asthmatic? Daniel Martin spoke to Dr Alvin Ng, Respiratory Physician and Intensivist at O2 Lung Centre, to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s more than your throat, eyes or heart health. Coping with the anxiety of worsening haze conditions brings anxious feelings for many. This includes a fear of health implications, uncertainty with unplanned cancellations and changes (eg: to School’s & Exams) and finally just the physical nature of the discomfort like physical side-effects and the seclusion this period brings. Daniel Martin spoke to Dr Jared Ng, Psychiatrist & Medical Director, Connections MindHealth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Associate Professor Chan Cheng Leng, Group Director, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority (HSA) Singapore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An audiologist explains how it’s not just about volume… age-related hearing loss can also result in the patient not being able to “understand” what is being said. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How will an upcoming ‘Health Communication Passport’ for PWD’s can improve health outcomes, and normalise clinic-visit experiences? Health Matters welcomed Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information & Ministry of Health, Ms Rahayu Mahzam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Geraldine Tan, Director and Principal Psychologist of The Therapy Room. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Steve Yang, Consultant Respiratory Physician, The Respiratory Practice.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Prof Lim Wee Shiong, Co-Director of the Healthy Longevity Institute (HELI) and Senior Consultant and Director, Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, NHG Health.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Angeline Yong, Dermatologist & Medical Director, Angeline Yong Dermatology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Calvin Ong, Senior Consultant General Surgeon at Farrer Park Hospital  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Adjunct Associate Professor Raymond Wong, Head of Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Jaclyn Reutens, Clinical and Sports Dietitian at Aptima Nutrition, and an accredited Dietitian with the Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association (SNDA).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Png Keng Siang, Senior Consultant Urologist, Farrer Park Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.