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Using tele-audiology in Zambia’s ear and hearing care desert
4 May 2021
| Alfred Mwamba, Jackie L Clark (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Addressing the medical desert with tele-audiology and tele-education. If a ‘medical desert’ is defined as a community that lives more than 60 miles away from the nearest acute care hospital, then try to imagine an appropriate term for a situation...
Clinical strategies for improving music listening
3 September 2021
| Alinka Greasley, Harriet Crook
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
For audiologists and patients alike, the technical challenges of fitting hearing aids for music are well known. Drs Greasley and Crook introduce their research and top tips for improving satisfaction in this important topic. Hearing aids are often problematic for...
Early detection pathways for congenital cytomegalovirus for infants referred from the newborn hearing screen
This article discusses requirements for an early congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) detection pathway to ensure children do not miss out on the opportunity for timely diagnosis and treatment. The pathways described are currently in use in England and apply to well...Audible Contrast Threshold – a new test to guide setting help-in-noise features in hearing aids
A new diagnostic test that is quick and has directly applicable results to hearing aid settings has arrived, but how does it work? Leigh Martin has the answers. In an earlier article for ENT & Audiology News, Parmar and Rajasingam...Electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes): what you need to know
1 January 2017
| Sneh Biyani, Craig Derkay
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics
As an aid to stopping smoking e-cigarettes may have a role, but they are heavily promoted by industry as a leisure pursuit and desirable fashion accessory. Sneh Biyani and Craig Derkay gives a thorough account of what we know about...
Tonsillectomy in adolescents
1 January 2017
| Salil Sood, Ray Clarke
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common operations performed across the developed world. Salil Sood and Ray Clarke discuss the special considerations that apply when performing this procedure on adolescent patients. Tonsillitis in teenagers can be exceptionally painful and disruptive....
What happens to donated hearing aids?
1 September 2018
| Bhavisha Parmar
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy, ENTA - Tinnitus
According to the WHO, only 3% of people in developing countries who require hearing aids have one. Over the years many people, organisations and companies have donated old hearing aids to charities. Bhavisha Parmar, an audiologist who volunteered with Sound...
Swallowing outcomes following partial laryngectomy: objective assessment and pre-operative predictive factors
1 November 2014
| George Garas
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, Otology, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Partial laryngectomy constitutes one of the treatments for early stage glottic carcinoma (i.e. T1N0 and T2N0) in specialised centres. Over the years, several partial laryngectomy and reconstruction techniques have been described in the literature. The choice of technique depends on...
Surgical outcomes of myringoplasty using platelet-rich plasma
9 September 2020
| Praneta Kulloo
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, Otology, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
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Closure surgery, Myringoplasty, Platelet-rich plasma, Tympanic membrane perforation, Tympanoplasty
Tympanic membrane (TM) perforations can affect people’s quality of life due to recurrent infections. Management is often by surgical repair. In this study, the authors investigated the outcomes of a minimally invasive approach of patch myringoplasty using an atelocollagen sponge...
What to do if adenotonsillectomy does not cure sleep apnoea in children?
30 April 2020
| Wai Sum Cho
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Paediatric ENT
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DISE, Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, Persistent OSA, Tongue base obstruction
This article reviews the management of children with persistent obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) following adenotonsillectomy (AT). Risk factors for patients to have persistent disease include obesity, being Afro-Caribbean and existing co-morbidities such as craniofacial and neuromuscular disorders. Initial assessment of...
How to train adults with single-sided deafness and cochlear implants
1 November 2019
| Kerri Millward
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
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Auditory training, Cochlear implant, Rehabilitation, Single-sided Deafness, Unilateral deafness
Cochlear implantation (CI) in patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) has been carried out in Perth, Australia from 2008. It poses challenges to clinicians and patients who are trying to tune in the poorer ear while still having a normally hearing...
How best can we manage Samter’s Triad/AERD?
3 July 2023
| Sangeeta Maini
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ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
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Aspirin intolerance, Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease, Asthma, Biological agents, Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis, NSAID intolerance, Samter's Triad
The classic ‘Samter’s Triad’ of asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP), and aspirin sensitivity is now referred to as aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory-exacerbated respiratory disease. We often come across in our rhinology setting, patients with recalcitrant...
