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Listening effort and speech perception performance

1 September 2019 | | Auditory Implants | Hearing Performance, Just Understanding Speech Test, Listening Effort, Normal Hearing, Performance Perceptual Test, Roving Level Test, Sound Quality
Capturing speech perception performance in noisy listening environments is a key part in validating any hearing instrument. Traditionally audiologists have always measured this performance in noisy environments by looking at thresholds, i.e. speech reception thresholds or signal to noise ratios....

Monitoring the mouth in ALS

1 January 2019 | | Articulatory assessment, alternating motion rate, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, bulbar motor involvement, speech movement analysis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; or motor neurone disease) is characterised by gradual loss of function in the speech muscles resulting in a progressive deterioration in a person’s ability to communicate. The aim of this study was to investigate the use...

Live versus e-learning – which is the most effective communication training approach for health care staff?

1 November 2017 | | aphasia, communication partner training, health care setting, healthcare professional, intervention
If staff are unable to communicate with their patients this can impact negatively on the patient’s healthcare. They may be excluded from decisions about their own care and their rights to informed consent may be violated. Conversation partner training has...

Long-term swallowing function in bilateral vocal cord immobility

1 May 2017 | | Aspiration, Bilateral vocal fold immobility, Dysphagia, Feeding, Gastrostomy tube, Pediatric, Swallow function, Vocal fold paralysis
Vocal cord immobility is the second most common abnormality of the larynx in the paediatric population. The team from New York aimed to characterise the long-term swallowing function in a cohort of patients with bilateral vocal cord immobility over a...

C2Dx acquires otolaryngology/head and neck surgery products from Cook Medical

21 May 2024 | Contracts & Distributors, Company Profiles
C2Dx Inc., a medical device company based in the U.S., has acquired the otolaryngology/head and neck surgery (“OHNS”) family of products from Cook Medical.

Cochlear implant referral: how can we do better?

1 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Considerable progress has been made over the last few years in improving access to cochlear implantation (CI) in the UK for children and adults with severe to profound deafness. But we are still not treating children early enough, and we...

The importance of hearing aid validation in infants with hearing loss

31 October 2018 | | Audiology - Paediatric
Hearing aid validation requires that speech discrimination be measured, yet there are no validated methods of measuring speech discrimination in infants and toddlers. Prof Uhler describes two related approaches that are showing promise. Speech discrimination is the gold standard for...

The role, aims and organisation of the 2017 IFOS World Congress

1 May 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery, Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery, Auditory Implants
IFOS is a truly international organisation – indeed, its rules state that the Executive Committee must have representation from every continent. IFOS President, Chong Sun Kim, tells us more. Dear friends and colleagues, I am very pleased to welcome all...

Audiology in this issue...Genomics

1 July 2021 |
Priya Carling, AuD, Director and Consultant Audiologist, Kent Hearing Ltd, UK. E: priya@Kenthearing.com As a working clinical audiologist, my focus every day is predominantly diagnostics of hearing loss, closely followed by management of ear pathology and rehabilitation of hearing loss...

ENT & Audiology in this issue...Music

3 September 2021 |
Music is a central part of many people’s lives, and ENT surgeons and audiologists frequently treat patients whose musical experience is affected by pathology. For September/October 2021, we explore a number of areas in which patients need the support of otologists, laryngologists, audiologists, and others.

The future of audiology rehabilitation? Smartphone apps to collect real-world experiences and support clinical decision-making

1 November 2019 | | Audiology - Adult
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is gaining momentum in the world of connected hearing healthcare and real-world assessment. Barbra Timmer explains how EMA will play a key role in transforming the information that clinicians use in decision-making and measuring outcomes. Did...

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...