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Drug side-effects on audiological and vestibular testing

1 November 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Vestibular Disorders
Are they a malingerer? Or perhaps they are inattentive? It may be their drugs! Robert DiSogra considers the side-effects of medication on the test subject. The audiogram serves many purposes in clinical practice. For the audiologist, it helps to differentiate...

The search for pharmacological treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus

1 November 2016 | | Audiology - Adult
Where are we in our search for a hearing restoration grail? Nicola Robas leads us through the map pieces discovered in creating a pharmaceutical answer to hearing loss and tinnitus. Together, hearing loss and tinnitus affect over one in six...

The mounting burden of hearing loss worldwide: gearing up global collaboration

1 November 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
As audiology and ENT professionals we all have an inkling about the prevalence and impact of hearing loss, but the true gravity of the situation is even greater than previously thought… It may seem hard to believe, but in the...

Connecting healthcare

29 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, ENT, Imaging, Otology
In recent years, there has been a definite shift toward the acceptance and use of smartphone technology in the delivery of healthcare. Within the fields of ENT and audiology, there is considerable appeal in the portability, simplicity, affordability, and connectivity...

In conversation with Julian Hamann

1 July 2017 | | ENT
In recent years, there has been a definite shift toward the acceptance and use of smartphone technology in the delivery of healthcare. Within the fields of ENT and audiology, there is considerable appeal in the portability, simplicity, affordability, and connectivity...

Chronic rhinosinusitis management: back to the future?

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Immunology is a dim and distant medical school memory to many ENT surgeons, but the increasingly complex immunology of chronic rhinosinusitis is fascinating (honestly!). Medical management options in CRS no longer just involves saline and steroids, and we need to...

Systemic agents in thyroid cancer

1 July 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck, 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...

In conversation with Professor Jos Eggermont

2 November 2020 | | Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
Having known Jos for many years, I jumped at the opportunity to catch up with him for our Nov/Dec 2020 series of tinnitus items. My questions reached him during lockdown, and he was enjoying the chance to get on top...

Open septorhinoplasty approach for closure of medium sized septal perforations

1 May 2015 | | Rhinology / Sinus
Septal perforations are difficult problems to treat. There are various causes described in literature such as trauma, inflammatory, cocaine abuse but most often they are due to iatrogenic cause (such as septoplasty) or due to trauma. The symptoms due to...

Sialendoscopy

4 November 2021 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Recent advances in endoscopic technology allow the ENT surgeon to access the salivary gland ductal system for both diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. In this article the authors share their experiences with using this technology, both as a standalone procedure and...

BACO International 2018: Key Speakers

1 January 2018 | | ENT, Otology, Neurotology, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Skull Base Surgery
Prof Aldo C Stamm, MD, MSc, PhD Anatomy of the paranasal sinuses and skull base, and breaking the paradigms in severe spontaneous epistaxis It is a true honour to participate as an invited faculty member at the upcoming BACO International...

The effects of leisure noise exposure on young people’s hearing

1 January 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
There is growing concern regarding the effects of leisure noise exposure on young people’s auditory system. Information provided by healthcare professionals should be evidence-based; Hannah Keppler discusses some recent findings about hearing in young people. Excessive noise exposure can lead...