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From the editor January/February 2024

8 January 2024 |
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 Welcome to January/February 2024 – I hope you have had a restful Christmas break and that you are raring to go...
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How common is self-reported dysphagia in the general population?

8 January 2024 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | CLSA, Deglutition, Dysphagia, Epidemiology, Incidence, Prevalence
Healthcare policymakers and commissioners of services often review incidence and prevalence data when deciding on resource allocation. The authors of this paper have capitalised on a large dataset, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), which collects data on over...

Cochlear implants and therapeutics: a natural partnership?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Global awareness of cochlear implants as a solution for hearing loss is slowly increasing and gaining acceptance. The potential for combining cochlear implants with inner ear therapeutics is immense, with promise in several areas. This article takes us on a...

The preventative audiologist

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Rob Shepheard has been championing the role of ‘the preventative audiologist’ for many years. In this article, he explores how that can be achieved.

A new criterion for diagnosing chronic tonsillitis?

1 March 2019 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Abscess, Mean Platelet Volume, Platelets, Tonsillitis
It is essential to establish the diagnosis of recurrent tonsillitis in patients undergoing tonsillectomy. This is based mainly on history which itself can be inaccurate and is supported by clinical findings which are not truly specific. There seems to be...

COOL therapy for cisplatin-induced hearing loss

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Cisplatin is a commonly used cancer therapy, with nearly 50% of patients undergoing chemotherapy receiving cisplatin as part of their regimen [1]. Depending on the dose, incidence of hearing loss has been reported as 12-100% in adults, and 37-94% in...

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...

Robotic surgery for ventral skull base malignancy

9 October 2017 | | Malignancies, Robotic surgery, Sinonasal, Skull base, Ventral skull base
The use of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the head and neck area has been shown to be a safe and effective technique, achieving good oncological clearance of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, supraglottis and glottic area. However, robotic surgery for the...

From the editor September/October 2023

4 September 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 Who do you think you are? And – perhaps equally important – how do you come across to other people? For...

In conversation with Professor Bill Gibson: When a Padawan meets his master again

1 November 2017 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
“It was a privilege to have conducted an interview with Professor Gibson, my mentor and teacher, during the six months I was the Graham Fraser Foundation (GFF) Fellow in Sydney in 2005. Twelve years later, I am absolutely delighted to...

KARL STORZ Endoscopic Ear Surgery Set

1 May 2016 | | ENTA-Otology
Marcus Brechtold, Senior Director of Product Management – Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, OMFS, Spine and Neurosurgery at KARL STORZ GMBH & Co. KG, tells EES Guest Editor, Chris Coulson, about the company’s new Endoscopic Ear Surgery Set, developed in collaboration with the International...

OBITUARY: Bernard Colman (1924-2020)

15 September 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Bernard Colman at his leaving party at the old Radcliffe infirmary in 1989, which was his retirement year. Born above a corner shop in Wolverhampton on 17 October 1924, Bernard Colman entered Wolverhampton Grammar School in 1933 but left early...