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Government Guidance on Hearing Aids

27 January 2025
The UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that tens of thousands of people with hearing loss will have access to new hearing aid devices, thanks to fresh guidance allowing businesses around the world to sell certain pioneering hearing aids in the UK.

Cochlear implantation in Tanzania: the journey and the outcomes

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
It is estimated that over 400 million people worldwide live with disabling hearing loss, 39.9 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. This article by Dr Aveline Kahinga and Mr Ali Jaffer demonstrates the effort that has been made...

ENT leadership

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Challenges The first challenge is to agree what we mean by the term leadership because there are many different ways in which the term is used. What is, however, a consensus is that the key distinction between leadership and management...

My experience of implementing remote care during COVID-19

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Covid-19, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it is safe to say very few audiology services were fully prepared for the challenges it would pose. Gina Angley, Associate Director Adult Amplification Program, Vanderbilt University, tells us about her experience of preparing her...

GSI releases video series: Closing the Audiology Gap with Automation

2 August 2022 | Research & Development
Grason-Stadler, a worldwide leader of clinical audiometric systems, hosted a conversation with Dr James W Hall III and Dr Robert Margolis to discuss the current landscape around the patient-provider gap and the essential need for an automated tool.

Screening for hearing loss with mHealth solutions

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
With the number of people suffering from hearing loss growing all the time, the need for early detection and intervention is imperative. De Wet Swanepoel discusses two examples of mHealth possibilities for hearing screening which, as a low cost solution,...

Access to and uptake of cochlear implants in the UK

1 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Assessing demands on cochlear implant (CI) services is very important for both commissioners and clinicians in anticipating clinical need and funding requirements. Commercial CI’s were introduced in the late 1980s. Initial funding was from charitable sources. The first major advance...

A comparison of two different audiology roles in Denmark and the United Kingdom

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that there are over 360 million people with a disabling hearing loss in the world. Disabling hearing loss is considered to be a loss of greater than 40 decibels (dB) in the better hearing...

MDT assessment of children and adults with implantable acoustic devices (IADs)

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants
Abi Asher, Clinical Lead for the IAD programme in Cambridge describes how hearing care professionals work together to make the best recommendation for the patient, in turn helping navigate through the various devices now on offer. Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are...

Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with tinnitus

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
Tinnitus remains one of the most prevalent and distressing audiological symptoms. Although specialist tinnitus services are in high demand, geographical and service constraints result in limited access to these services. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) has been developed to provide...

Unpacking the World Health Organization’s World Report on Hearing: what does it say?

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
The inaugural report on hearing from the World Health Organisation is a tool for advocacy, and for getting hearing loss on government agendas. Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tran was 11 months old when her hearing loss was diagnosed. Despite being informed...

Unpacking the World Health Organization’s World Report on Hearing: what does it say?

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
The inaugural report on hearing from the World Health Organisation is a tool for advocacy, and for getting hearing loss on government agendas. Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tran was 11 months old when her hearing loss was diagnosed. Despite being informed...