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VACANCY: Audiology Partner – Bexleyheath

4 October 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
Grow your own business, look after your private and NHS customers, serve your community, create an asset for your family’s future and enjoy the profits of all your hard work.

Consequences of Meniere’s Tumarkin crises

1 March 2019 | | Neurotology, Vestibular Disorders | Tumarkin attacks, Vasovagal attack, drop attacks, unconsciousness, vestibular syncope
Many will be familiar with reports of frightening drop attacks without loss of consciousness experienced by some Meniere’s disease (MD) patients. This study analysed data from an electronic survey of over 600 members of a national Meniere’s society. The aim...

How can disabled children communicate more during family leisure time?

1 November 2017 |
This article aims to provide guidance on how to integrate alternative augmentative communication (AAC) use into family leisure time. The authors highlight that ensuring the use of AAC in this highly valued activity can maximise carryover to real conversations. The...

Concussion and vestibular processing deficits

9 October 2017 | | Concussion, near point convergence, optokinetic stimulation, posture, virtual reality
It is well known that patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also referred to as concussion, display longstanding vestibular symptoms but often clinical signs and objective vestibular function test abnormalities are lacking. The aim of the study was to...

Cochlear microphonics in children

1 March 2017 | | Auditory brainstem response, autism spectral disorders, auditory neuropathy spectral disorder, cochlear microphonics, sensorineural hearing loss
Cochlear microphonics (CM) are generated mainly from outer hair cells and are routinely tested in children with hearing loss in some parts of the world. In this retrospective study, the aim was to compare the cochlear microphonics features (mainly CM...

34th Congress of the Nordic Association of Otolaryngology

24 May 2023 -26 May 2023 | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Neurotology, Otology, Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery, Rhinoplasty, Head and Neck
This triennial congress has provided a forum for otorhinolaryngologists in the Nordic countries to exchange knowledge and learn from each other for more than a century. Originally planned for 2020, this year's congress will bring together experts from the Nordic...

How effective is vestibular rehabilitation in bilateral vestibular failure?

1 May 2016 | | Vestibular rehabilitation, bilateral vestibular hypofunction, outcomes
In patients with bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH), the outcome of vestibular rehabilitation is mixed. The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with outcome of vestibular rehabilitation (VR) in patients with BVH. A retrospective case notes review identified...

Botulinum toxin injection for bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis

1 May 2016 | | Bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, Bilateral vocal fold paralysis, Botox, Cricothyroid muscle injection
All traditional surgical treatments for bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) paralysis are essentially a balance between maximising airway patency and ensuring adequate phonation / airway protection. This paper highlights the potential role of botulinum toxin (Botox) injection into the cricothyroid...

Patient and public involvement in research

1 January 2016 | | ENT
One step further from involving patients in setting research priorities is to involve them in the planning and recruitment stages of the subsequent trials and studies. Here, Carl Philpott and Aneeka Degun explain the concept of Patient and Public Involvement...

Leading and managing audiology service through a social enterprise model

29 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult
As these things sometimes happen, our first conversations about Social Enterprise happened pretty much by chance and in our case were a by-product of discussions about a new department having outgrown the current one. The National Health Service (NHS) Audiology...

Murder most foul, strange and unnatural

13 November 2019 | | ENT
Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare at the very beginning of the 17th century has definite otological interest. The whole play is about young Prince Hamlet’s revenge for his father’s murder. The king is killed by Hamlet’s wicked uncle, who then...

History of ENT - Murder most foul, strange and unnatural

25 June 2019 |
Hamlet written by William Shakespeare at the very beginning of the 17th century has definite otological interest. The whole play is about young Prince Hamlet’s revenge for his father’s murder. The king is killed by Hamlet’s wicked uncle, who then...