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Student education grants for hearing conference
Frequency Therapeutics is offering student sponsorship for a second year to the Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference. The grant is open to any students currently pursuing a graduate-level degree (master's or doctorate) in audiology or a related discipline.Audiology In This Issue - Trainee Takeover
Guest Section Editors Lizanne Steenkamp,Lecturer in Audiology, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. lsteenkamp@qmu.ac.uk Rosalyn Parker, CS MSc FBSA,Evaluation Healthcare Scientist, Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, UK. Rosalyn.parker2@nhs.net The decision to become an audiology professional (i.e....
Trends in the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer
The recent rise in HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is well described. There has been a significant shift from tobacco-driven to virus-driven cancers at this anatomical site. This retrospective study analysed US tumour registry data over a long period (1973–2009)...Be who you needed when you were younger
Trainee audiologist, deaf England futsal player and deaf advocate Zara Musker discusses finding her own deaf identity: “It’s part of me but not all of me”. Am I an audiologist? A deaf England futsal player? An advocate for deaf individuals?...Announcement of Mr Tim Clark as CEO
Healthy Hearing is excited to announce that they have appointed Tim Clark as their new CEO.
Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment: Evaluation of Candidacy, Performance, and Outcomes – Second Edition
The second edition of Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment aims to become a point of reference for all professionals involved in assessing cochlear implant candidacy and interested in broadening their knowledge to maximise the hearing capabilities of their patients. This book...
The GP and the ear
General practitioners are the first members of the medical community to deal with ear problems. In this survey, 11 GPs examined 124 patients using a regular otoscope and a video-otoscope and reported their findings in a 10-item table. The same...Biologic therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a new paradigm
Surgery for nasal polyposis has evolved significantly in the last 30 years, and now the medical management may be on the cusp of a revolution. Biologics using monoclonal antibodies to target specific immune pathways have introduced a paradigm shift in...
New MRI technique assesses treatment response in skull base osteomyelitis
This paper describes another useful imaging technique to monitor Necrotising Otitis Externa (NOE). Echoplanar diffusion weighted magnetic resonance (DW MR) shows high signal on the ‘ADC map’ with active disease and this reduces in signal intensity as symptoms improve. This...Screening for hearing loss with mHealth solutions
With the number of people suffering from hearing loss growing all the time, the need for early detection and intervention is imperative. De Wet Swanepoel discusses two examples of mHealth possibilities for hearing screening which, as a low cost solution,...
Hearing loss in the young and self-esteem
How can those involved in the care of children with hearing loss identify those at risk of low self-esteem? This study provides some guidance. Overall differences from hearing peers in terms of communication skills, physical appearance and social maturity place...
