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Anxiety and acronyms – musings of an otolaryngologist

7 July 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a focus of attention and concern for healthcare workers around the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Neil Tolley discusses some of the issues. I write this article in mid-May when, were it not for...

In conversation with Sam Lear, BAA President: leading audiology forward

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Dr Samantha Lear is the current British Academy of Audiology President, and Senior Audiology Policy Advisor at the National Deaf Children’s Society. With reviews ongoing in paediatric audiology in England and Scotland, Sam is ideally placed to lead the profession....

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence: transmastoid obliteration

1 September 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders, ENTA-Otology
Sometimes patients with dizziness turn out to have slightly more unusual causes of their problem. Thomas Milner and Georgios Kontorinis describe their technique for managing patients who have a diagnosis of superior canal dehiscence as an identified cause of their...

Systemic agents in thyroid cancer

1 July 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
For those patients who have disseminated or unresectable thyroid cancer, Dr Arabella Hunt and Dr Kate Newbold review systemic treatments, their differences, toxicities and outcomes. Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. It is subdivided into differentiated (papillary, follicular...

The development of the Paediatric Arabic Auditory Speech Test for iPad

1 May 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Speech in noise testing provides real-life assessments of hearing that conventional pure tones cannot deliver. Rania Alkahtani describes the development of such a test for Arabic speaking children. It also has the additional benefit of being able to be delivered...

What’s new in hearing aid technology? Requisites for successful implementation of eHealth in hearing health care

1 May 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Like Eeyore in AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories it appears we all will soon have a personal cloud, but unlike Eeyore this will be something to celebrate! The future of hearing aid technology is in the cloud argues Uwe...

Measuring audiological outcomes in the paediatric setting

1 January 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
In this article Marlene Bagatto argues that a range of outcome measures and instruments need to be implemented when working with children and families. She demonstartes how these support both clinicians and families. The primary goal of early hearing detection...

Are today’s implantable hearing devices better than conventional devices for patients with conductive and mixed hearing loss?

30 April 2021 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants
In March 2014, we published a paper in ENT & Audiology News, with a similar title. Below, an updated overview is presented of available devices (early 2021) for patients with conductive/mixed hearing loss. The focus is on effectiveness. Patients with...

Finding the right balance: remote dizzy patient consultation during a pandemic

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
During the COVID pandemic, all our working patterns have changed. One significant impact had been on the management of outpatient consultations and the increase in telephone consultations and enhanced vetting. In this article the authors share their experience of managing...

Subjective tinnitus – adding mutebutton™ to your tinnitus toolbox

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-Tinnitus
Neurophysiologic tinnitus or subjective tinnitus is typically a sound or a number of sounds that originate from the auditory nervous system. They are unwanted sounds that do not exist in the external environment. They can be heard in one or...

From ‘patients’ to ‘participants’: a career in audiological research

26 June 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Melanie Lough is a clinical audiologist-turned-research audiologist and, in this article, we hear about how she applies her transferable skills gained in audiology to her current role and future aspirations. Career background My route into audiology was unconventional to say...

From the editor July/August 2023

3 July 2023 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk For July/August 2023 ENT & Audiology News, we focus on our trainees, both ENT and audiology. We hand over the editorial...