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Global health missions – not just for consultants. A guide for trainees.
Lulu Ritchie is a courageous and driven trainee in London, inspired by humanitarian missions but conscious of the usual requests for consultant level doctors. Lulu didn’t let that hold her back. She found a way and has kindly summarised her...Reflections on organising the British Academic Conference in Otorhinolaryngology 2015
As the Local Host and Programme Director of BACO 2015, Andrew Swift is a pivotal person with local knowledge and contacts. He provides us with some top tips as to how to go about organising a successful conference. The ACC...Demystifying laryngology in the era of examination and collaboration
In the field of laryngology, perhaps more than in any other area of ENT, there has been a philosophical shift (as well as a technological one) in the approach of clinicians caring for patients. Albert Merati explains. Progress in laryngology...What’s new in electrophysiology?
Steve Bell is a lecturer at the University of Southampton and a member of the British Society of Audiology’s (BSA) Special Interest Group in Electrophysiology. Given the current surge in interest in electrophysiology, both in rehabilitation and diagnostic arenas, Steve...
The future of fall detection
Falls are a major global health burden. According to the World Health Organization, they are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, with adults older than 65 at the greatest risk of a fatal fall. For every death...Dementia assessments for people with deafness, deafblindness or visual impairment in Scotland
How is the medical community doing with assessing cognitive decline in those with a sensory impairment? The ALLIANCE Scottish Sensory Hub was tasked with finding out. Background There is growing evidence of a connection between dementia and sensory loss. However,...Widex UK & Ireland partner with Anglia Ruskin University
Widex UK & Ireland and Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) announced in July, an exciting project designed to create added value for independent hearing care professionals and future audiology graduates within the UK & Ireland.A psychophysical perspective on single-sided deafness and its treatment by cochlear implants
Bob Carlyon gives us a psychophysical perspective on the hearing benefits that can and cannot be achieved for patients with single-sided deafness with a cochlear implant, and discusses some of the challenges in maximising the effectiveness of the treatment. He...Innovations in remote/teleaudiology patient care
Audiometry remains the gold standard in hearing evaluations. Changes in the delivery of audiometry remain a key challenge in providing a telehealth approach to hearing care. The team at Lyon University Hospital validated an innovative approach to solving this challenge,...
Scary Cases in Otolaryngology
When I was first presented with the Halloween-like graphic that is displayed on the cover of this 230-page book, I wondered what scary stories may lie ahead. To my delight, by the time I’d turned over the first few pages,...
I saw it on the internet: gathering evidence for clinical decision making
Evidence-based practice is often described as the integration of three sources of information to inform clinical practice, namely: 1) research evidence/practice guidelines; 2) client preferences/needs, and: 3) clinical experience. Speech and language therapists have reported a lack of time and...
