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Working with people with hearing loss and dementia

3 March 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
A member of the SENSE-Cog team in the UK, Dr Littlejohn provides an overview of multidisciplinary recommendations for diagnosis, management and care of older adults with hearing loss, vision loss and dementia. She underscores how consideration of hearing status when...

Precision and personalised genomic and epigenomic medicine in audiology/hearing loss

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
A detailed look at the pathogenesis of acquired hearing loss due to exposure to ototoxicity during pregnancy or shortly after birth. Insights from genomic medicine have shown that, along with environmental factors causing epigenetic alterations, hearing loss may be caused...

100,000 Genomes Project: in conversation with Tess Lopez

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
For Jul/Aug 2021, ENT & Audiology News features several contributions from the 100,000 Genomes Project, and Tess Lopez very kindly agreed to talk to me about her involvement with the project, as well as sharing her personal experiences of having...

Paediatric auditory brainstem implant: overview and outcomes

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Auditory brainstem implants were first used in adults with NF2. They have more recently become a technology option for children but what is the evidence to support this choice? This article discusses the evidence so far. Auditory brainstem implant is...

Aspirin desensitisation for aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)

2 March 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
In this article, the authors describe the importance of identifying aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis refractory to standard medical treatment. This can then open the door to considering aspirin desensitisation treatment which, in their hands, has proven...

Reza Band<sup>®</sup> UES Assist Device

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Members of the ENT and Audiology News team spoke to Rose Henrichs, Solutiones Vobis and Nick Maris, CEO and President of Somna Therapeutics about the Reza Band device. Nick Maris. Rose Henrichs. What is your involvement in Reza Band? And...

In conversation with De Wet Swanepoel, President of the International Society of Audiology

1 March 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Gareth Smith caught up with the new President of the International Society of Audiology, De Wet Swanepoel, about the aims of the society, the upcoming World Congress of Audiology and the current state of hearing healthcare in Africa. De Wet...

In conversation with Professor Valentina Parma, Head of GCCR

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Smell has long been regarded as the Cinderella of the senses, oft neglected by clinicians, the research community and lay public. The Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research looks to change all that. Our roving reporter, Abigail Walker, talks to its...

‘Bare below the elbows’

1 January 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
So it has finally happened. I have reached that stage of reactionary bewilderment known as middle age. As well having my finger nowhere near the pulse of contemporary culture, I am finding the siren charms of BBC Radio 2 and...

Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise

1 July 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
Our irrepressible Features Editor, Chris Potter, explores the limits of ignorance. I’m not sure about you, but I seem to exist in a sea of incompetence and ignorance, constantly surrounded by amateurish chumps and feckless underachievers. Now, a lesser man...

From clinics to campaigns: my audiological career so far

3 July 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
In this article we hear about the Franki Oliver’s journey from clinical practice in audiology to the third sector. Hi! I’m Franki and I’m the audiology manager at the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), a charity supporting people...

The history of bone-conduction devices

3 November 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants
The evolution of bone-conduction hearing devices from the 1400s’ rudimentary designs to today’s advanced models has greatly improved hearing for individuals with conductive or mixed hearing loss. This article delves into the history and technical advancements over the years, as...