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Could hearing aids help stave off dementia in older adults?

28 February 2024
HearCog is a two-year randomised control trial of hearing loss and dementia being undertaken by Ear Science Institute Australia (Ear Science). The study is investigating whether hearing aids can delay or arrest cognitive decline.

House of Hearing Expands Operations with Opening of Alderley Edge Clinic

15 March 2023 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Audiology and aural care experts, House of Hearing, have expanded their services with the opening of their eighth clinic, in Alderley Edge on Monday 6th March.

New patient education infographic from Cl-ear™

17 April 2023 | Research & Development
According to research into the nation’s hearing health habits commissioned by Cl-ear™, the fastest growing OTC ear care range¹, DIY ear wax removal is rife.

The role of imaging in differentiating rare temporal bone neoplasms

1 January 2018 | | CT, MRI, chondroblastoma, fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), positron emission tomography (PET), temporal bone
This paper provides a useful tool to assist in determining the diagnosis of benign neoplasms of the temporal bone using readily available imaging modalities. Specifically, this group have looked at chondrosarcoma, an expansile hypermetabolic mass lesion usually found in the...

Rhinology: what does the future hold?

1 May 2017 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
David Kennedy surveys the past, the present and the future of rhinology practice and research. An evolution of understanding in rhinology The dramatic growth of clinical and translational research within the field of rhinology in recent years is illustrated by...

Rapid genetic testing to avoid hearing loss in neonates

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology
Thousands of newborn babies could avoid a lifetime of hearing loss thanks to a new rapid genetic test. In this article, we learn how. We have demonstrated for the first time that a rapid genetic test from a cheek swab...

Migration adventures

1 March 2018 | | ENT, 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...

BLA Position Statement - Interview with Mark Watson

1 October 2019
Author and interviewer: Stefan Linton, ENT Registrar, Manchester Royal Infirmary. We caught up with Mark Watson, President of the British Laryngology Association, to find out his thoughts on the BLA’s position statement on the use of Gardasil vaccination in the...

A new clinical device to monitor nasal blockage

1 March 2017 |
Chia-Hung Li, a Medical Device PhD student from University College London’s (UCL) Institute of Healthcare Engineering, is currently leading a PhD project to develop a clinical device to monitor nasal blockage. Jo Rimmer spoke to him about what he is...

What’s happened since the European position paper on nose and sinus tumours?

1 May 2017 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
The management of malignant sinonasal tumours has gone through radical changes in recent years. Prof Valerie Lund gives us an update based on her upcoming talk at IFOS. In 2010 when we published the European position paper on ‘endoscopic management...

The ‘umbrella furling’ deflation technique for cuffed tracheostomy tube - a useful tip for an easier tracheostomy insertion

27 June 2022 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this article, the authors describe a quick and effective technique to assist with the maximal deflation of a tracheostomy tube cuff prior to insertion, thus making the process easier with less chance of damage to the cuff and a...

Central auditory changes in SNHL

1 May 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology
Robert Harrison discusses some of the most obvious ways in which cochlear hearing loss has central consequences. It is convenient to classify hearing loss according to the most obvious site of lesion, for example, conductive, cochlear, retro-cochlear, or central hearing...