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From patient to performer

4 September 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Peter Cawrey lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, with his wife Dorothy. He had a salvage laryngectomy for squamous cell carcinoma in 2015, three years following his initial radiotherapy. Due to complications and a complex recovery, he has elected not to have...

Ossicular reconstruction

27 February 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Ossicular reconstruction often yields disappointing results, even for the most experienced and skilled of otologists. John Dornhoffer and David Walker explain that the most important determinant of outcome is the patient’s middle ear environment, and offer some valuable words of...

In conversation with Shelly Chadha

1 March 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Otology
This year’s theme for World Hearing Day 2018 on 3 March is discussed by Shelly Chadha of the World Hearing Organization (WHO). She explains the importance of the event and how every hearing care professional can get involved and contribute...

Hearing loss and Alport syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Genetics, ENTA-Otology
Alport syndrome (AS) includes a group of hereditary diseases caused by mutations in the COL4A3, COL4A4 or COL4A5 genes. These genes are responsible for the biosynthesis of α3, α4 and α5 collagen IV chains, which are located in the glomerular...

The impact of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Genetics, ENTA-Otology
Hearing loss and language development Down syndrome (DS) usually arises due to trisomy 21 and is associated with intellectual disability and risks of developmental delays and difficulties, including hearing loss. Hearing loss is common in children with DS [1]. In...

Sir Terence Edward Cawthorne (1902-1970): first Chairman of the BACO Academic Committee

1 July 2015 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Sir Terence Cawthorne was the chairman of the academic committee of the first BACO in 1963, and was Master of the second BACO in 1967. In this article, Neil Weir describes the life and career of one of the UK’s...

Isshiki Thyroplasty Type 2

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Indication Adductor spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition of unknown aetiology. The symptoms are believed to be caused by involuntary contraction of the adductor muscles of the vocal cord as a result of an abnormality of neurotransmitters in the basal...

Leaving an impression – OTOSCAN ear scanning solution

1 September 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Every person has uniquely-shaped ears that continue to grow over time. Making an accurate reproduction of the ear is an important part of delivering a customised ear product. From the early 1950s, this was achieved using a paste which set...

Migration adventures

1 March 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
One of the most inspiring stories in this issue comes from our very own Shahed Quraishi, OBE. His first mentor in the UK, Pat Bradley, spoke with him about his fascinating journey. Professor M Shahed Quraishi, OBE. Shahed, by way...

Cochlear implant care for deaf children in Côte d’Ivoire

8 January 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
Deafness is a global public health problem. More than 1.5 billion people (nearly 20% of the global population) live with hearing loss, and 430 million of them have disabling hearing loss, including 34 million children. In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly eight...

The structure and function of DNA

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
DNA structure and replication Genetic information within multicellular organisms, including man, is stored in molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which reside within the chromosomes of each cell nucleus. A DNA molecule consists of two very long chains, or strands, of...

Questionnaires to measure tinnitus severity

24 May 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Tinnitus
The handicap associated with tinnitus can arise from any combination of stress, anxiety, depression, emotional distress, insomnia, difficulties concentrating, or impairments in quality of life or everyday functioning. Measuring such handicap and determining clinical need is therefore far from trivial....