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Genetic research on hereditary hearing loss and clinical application in the Chinese population

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
Congenital deafness in China affects more people than the entire population of Australia. Prof Wang give us a comprehensive insight into one of the main congenital disabilities in China, looking into the causes of deafness and the benefits of genetic...

CROS hearing aids existed 10 years before they were even invented!

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
We all know the principles of CROS aids and the potential benefits they provide to patients, but did you know they were invented many years before they were officially described in literature? In this engaging article, Neil Bauman explains how...

Predicting which oropharyngeal SCC HPV-positive patients should avoid de-escalated treatment

1 July 2017 | | cetuximab, cisplatin, oropharyngeal cancer, radiotherapy, Smoking
This study is timely for many reasons and raises very important questions in the management of the current rise in HPV-positive patients with oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). The uniqueness of this group within head and neck cancer in terms of favourable...

New MRI technique assesses treatment response in skull base osteomyelitis

1 September 2016 |
This paper describes another useful imaging technique to monitor Necrotising Otitis Externa (NOE). Echoplanar diffusion weighted magnetic resonance (DW MR) shows high signal on the ‘ADC map’ with active disease and this reduces in signal intensity as symptoms improve. This...

Hyperbaric oxygen for sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss

1 September 2015 |
Idiopathic sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is a relatively common presentation to the ENT emergency department, and can have profound effects on patients’ lives. This retrospective study looked at 15 patients who were treated with hyperbaric oxygen after failure...

Postoperative radiation in early stage oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (OPSCC)

1 September 2018 | | Oropharyngeal carcinoma, T1N1, T2N0, adjuvant radiotherapy, postoperative radiotherapy, survival
There is significant variation in treatment strategies for OPSCC between units. This is largely due to unanswered questions which continue to exist beyond the published literature. We know that human papilloma virus status has a significant influence on prognosis but...

Chemo-radiation in elderly patients with head and neck cancers

1 May 2015 |
Chemo-radiotherapy is the standard of care for organ preservation in stage three and four oropharyngeal cancer, prospective data on patients over 65 has not been available as they are usually excluded from randomised trials. This paper reviews the experience of...

Four (more) ways to reduce turbinates

1 May 2015 |
Setting aside the issue of when/if to reduce inferior turbinates, the issue of how to reduce turbinates is a never-ending story. This edition of rhinology carries two articles looking at this subject, both prospective randomised trials comparing two different methods...
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Intratympanic steroids - to give or not to give?

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | Intratympanic, corticosteroids, hearing loss, idiopathic, sensorineural, sudden
The treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) is controversial and different modes of steroids have been tried without any universal consensus. Various authors have reported combined oral and intratympanic steroid therapy in SSNHL, with consistent results in several...
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Are quinsies worth draining?

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | computed tomography, emergency department, health care costs, medical therapy, otolaryngology, peritonsillar abscess, surgical therapy
Recent data is providing accumulating evidence that treatment failure in the management of peritonsillar abscesses (PTAs, aka ‘quinsies’) is similar when these are managed with medical treatment (MT) alone versus MT plus surgical drainage (M+ST). However, in the absence of...

Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week

6 April 2023
A campaign to encourage prevention, early detection and education for patients and survivors of oral, head and neck cancer launches this month.

WCA Innovation Prize

8 November 2024
At the World Congress of Audiology in Paris in September, a special prize was announced for the best innovation that addresses an unmet medical need. Candidates were selected from domains such as clinical trials or medical devices, and given five minutes and five slides to pitch in front of an international jury of researchers, clinicians, economists and industry professionals.