Search

You searched for "AOT"

2014 results found

Ergonomics in otorhinolaryngology

8 January 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
Raewyn Campbell is a rhinologist and skull base surgeon in Sydney, Australia. Prior to training in medicine, she was trained as a physiotherapist, and she brings both disciplines into her research on ergonomics in surgery. Surgeons need to look after...

Hyposalivation: a review of current and future treatments

8 January 2024 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Hyposalivation remains a stubbornly difficult condition to treat, but novel therapies may not be far away. Saliva has many essential functions, including aiding digestion and swallowing, lubrication, maintaining tooth integrity and antibacterial activity. When patients experience reduced saliva production (hyposalivation),...

Targeting the microbiome in chronic rhinosinusitis

4 July 2024 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Researchers at St Paul’s Sinus Centre and UBC in Vancouver are testing a novel treatment for CRS: transferring mucus from a healthy donor into a patient’s sinuses. Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most common diseases managed by otolaryngologists...

Hotels.com

4 July 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
This series of stories is dedicated to those of you with whom some of these moments were shared (or endured) and, above all, to my amazing and long-suffering husband, David Howard. Most of you know him as an exceptional head...

Audiology support for Philippine call centre employees

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Call centre employees face unique challenges that impact their hearing health. BPO companies are implementing initiatives in the Philippines to safeguard their auditory wellbeing. The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines is a dynamic and rapidly growing sector....

Paediatric ENT trauma

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Managing trauma in children often strikes terror in doctors who do not deal with children regularly. Kate Stephenson explains the approach to a child who has suffered ENT trauma and specific things to look for in children. ENT injuries are...

History of ESPO

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Martin Bailey, Secretary-General of ESPO, narrates the story of a society which has promoted and supported the development of paediatric otolaryngology in Europe. In the early 1950s, pioneers in paediatric otorhinolaryngology became active in European countries such as Poland, Hungary,...

Acupuncture for tonsillectomy pain in children

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Paediatrics
The challenge: tonsillectomy pain Tonsillectomy is a uniform surgical insult which results in a 10-day recovery for children. Severe pain can occur which can give rise to poor oral fluid intake, dehydration and potentially the need for intravenous fluid resuscitation....

Otological problems in musicians

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Musicians are understandably anxious about their hearing, and recent high-profile cases of noise-related hearing loss have resulted in huge changes in the music industry. Chris Aldren (otologist and violinist) explains. In the recent Oscar-winning movie, Sound of Metal, heavy metal...

Mapping the financial and disease burden of hearing loss and associated interventions

4 May 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
The prevalence and burden of ear and hearing disorders is huge and, historically, has been underappreciated. Globally, unaddressed hearing loss poses a growing public health challenge, requiring urgent attention from policymakers, health professionals and civil society. The recently published World...

Wilde and the foundations of medical epidemiology

26 June 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
William Wilde (father of Oscar) was renowned as an otologist, but less well known for his work in epidemiology. The bedrock of the modern discipline of public health is good data collection, and we hear from our good friend, Ray...

The cochlear implant clinic multidisciplinary team meeting

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
The world’s first cochlear implant clinic was in Melbourne, where multichannel devices were designed by Graeme Clark at the beginning of the cochlear implant era. We are fortunate to hear from Claire Iseli and Rob Briggs, surgeon members of this...