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‘Acoustic shock’

4 May 2021 | | Otology | Acoustic Shock, Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced, Hyperacusis, Occupational Accidents, Tinnitus
Development of hearing loss due to traditional and steady state noise in working environments has well defined medical, physical and legal implications in the present times. Organisations not complying with ‘Noise at Work Regulations 1989’ are liable for compensation if...

Develop your clinical skills with the Interacoustics Academy

15 May 2023 | Research & Development
The Interacoustics Academy supports hearing care professionals by giving access to the most current and relevant clinical knowledge in hearing and balance.

Changing perceptions in head and neck cancer management caused by quality of life issues

1 September 2010 | | ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Sir Felix Semon was an outstanding clinician and exceptional laryngologist. The money raised by donations from his colleagues on his retirement in 1909 was used to establish the London University’s Semon Lecture. Semon’s Obituary in the BMJ, reads: “In Semon's...

Neuroimaging WG3. Neuroimaging as a window on the heterogeneity of tinnitus

1 January 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Tinnitus
Pim van Dijk and Sven Vanneste describe the hope that brain imaging techniques used for research will provide a better understanding of the heterogeneity of tinnitus through large-scale analysis. Their project will create a procedure whereby researchers can submit their...

Pursuing part-time postgraduate qualifications

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Thinking of going back to university to do further study? We hear from one audiologist who identified an area of further study and specialisation and took the leap. My career in audiology began in 2003 through a traditional route in...

New bone anchored hearing implant reaches clinical milestone

1 March 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Neurotology, ENTA-Otology
A new implant for bone-conduction hearing, BCI (Bone Conduction Implant), has been developed by Bo Håkansson and his team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, both in Gothenburg, Sweden. Unlike most bone-conduction devices used today,...

The BICYCLE Project

25 October 2024
It has been four years since the Covid pandemic forced people to stay at home. Many families had children during this period and these babies experienced social restrictions during the first year of life, a critical time for their development....

Aligning hearing and cognitive healthcare in older people

6 November 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Published in print under the titleHearing care and dementia: professional insights on the new Lancet Commission findingsThe Lancet Commission on ‘Dementia prevention, intervention and care: 2024 report’ highlights a list of potential modifiable factors to reduce dementia risk. As with...

Breaking barriers in Uganda: the story of Elaine Mukaaya

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
More than 9% of sub-Saharan Africa’s one billion people live with disabling hearing loss, with children having among the highest rates of childhood hearing loss in the world [1]. Sadly, in concordance with the inverse care law – proposed by...

Simulation: human factors scenario training

1 January 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
It is said that surgical training has suffered as a result of a combination of factors – through the introduction of work time restrictions such as the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) [1], a limit on the number of years...

Tone deafness and perfect pitch

1 September 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
If you think you are tone deaf, do not despair. Singing tuition should help but it is probably too late to hope to develop perfect pitch. Consultant otolaryngologist and keen musician, Chris Aldren, discusses the complex and fascinating subject of...

In conversation with Reza Rahbar

6 November 2024 | | ENTA-Paediatrics
Reza Rahbar is professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School and associate otolaryngologist-in-chief at Boston Children’s Hospital. He initiated and leads IPOG, the International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group. I met up with him to ask more about it. Reza Rahbar DMD,...