Journal Reviews

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Smartphone hearing test

7 January 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric | Hearing loss, mass screening, mobile applications, sensitivity and specificity

Our Editors’ Choice for this edition reviews an article looking at the use of a smartphone app for hearing screening. We have all had to integrate telehealth into our practice to some extent recently and this paper examines a teleaudiology...

SPECT scans not justified in growth of the mandibular condyle

1 July 2018 | | SPECT bone scintigraphy, condylar hyperplasia, sensitivity, serial radiograph tracing, specificity

This is a paper from Hong Kong of 200 patients between January 2011 and July 2013 who underwent SPECT bone scintigraphy for assessment of growth causing condylar hyperplasia and subsequent mandibular asymmetry. Thirty-four patients were found to have active growth...