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Directional microphones and speech

1 May 2018 | | Hearing aids, cognition, hearing loss, listening effort, localisation, noise, rehabilitation, speech perception
This study aimed to research how speech recognition, listening effort and localisation depends on hearing aids’ microphone configuration in people with moderate to severe hearing losses. Eighteen participants with sensorineural, symmetrical, moderate to severe hearing loss were tested. Participants were...

British English speech test for occupational hearing assessment

1 January 2018 | | auditory fitness for duty, Speech perception, behavioural measures, noise, psychoacoustics/hearing science
It is very important to properly assess occupational fitness for several occupations such as police officer, military personnel or fire fighter. The aim of this study was to develop a British English speech in noise (SiN) test as a tool...

Self-report of hearing aids handling difficulties

1 January 2018 | | Hearing aids, behavioural measures, emotional, hearing aid satisfaction, psychosocial
The authors have raised an interesting subject concerning the ability of customers to self-assess their hearing aid handling skills. Previous studies showed that 96% of customers when asked if they are able to manage their hearing aids answered ‘yes’. However,...

Remembering the first word first or the last word first: what does this mean about the interaction between language and short term memory?

1 May 2017 |
This article reviews theories of how verbal short term memory (STM) interacts with other language functions and thus how semantics or phonology of target items can influence what individuals remember. The authors describe examples from the research literature that have...
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Handbook of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery – Second Edition

1 September 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Maxillofacial Surgery
The authors and contributors of this book have done a stellar job of updating the content while maintaining the portability essential for any ‘handbook’. They begin with a sound introductory section which presents a comprehensive road map to evaluating the...

Head and neck cancer multidisciplinary team

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Why do we have MDTs? Do they make a difference to outcomes? Jon Bernstein explores the whys and wherefores of the head and neck cancer MDT, and wonders where things might go from here… Head and neck (upper aerodigestive tract)...

A parent’s journey: beyond the diagnosis

1 January 2015 | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Tamsin Coates lives in Wallesey, UK and talks about coming to terms with the difficulties and joys of having two deaf children. Here she explains about the early days and the impact of their diagnosis upon the family. Thinking back...

Emerging robotic systems for head and neck surgery

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
As of December 2020, seven robotic surgical systems have received approval for use in different jurisdictions, and many more task-specific robots are in the pipeline. Jack Faulkner takes us through what’s on the horizon for head and neck cancer surgery....

Wilde and the foundations of medical epidemiology

26 June 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
William Wilde (father of Oscar) was renowned as an otologist, but less well known for his work in epidemiology. The bedrock of the modern discipline of public health is good data collection, and we hear from our good friend, Ray...

Systemic agents in thyroid cancer

1 July 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-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...

"A merry road, a mazy road, and such as we did tread, The night we went to Birmingham by way of Beachy Head"

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-ENT
It’s true, the UK’s premier ENT event has come around quickly this time. So, who better to ‘poke awake’ for an article on the ethos and culture of Birmingham UK, BACO 2020 venue, than the erudite Chris Potter, who’s been...

Singing and COVID-19 – research on aerosols and singing

11 September 2020
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, clusters of disease occurred in choirs. This led to an assumption that singing was inherently ‘dangerous’ and governments around the world rapidly banned singing. The ban was then extended to...