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Advances in ear and hearing telehealth
Telehealth in ear (or tele-otology/tele-audiology) and hearing care has steadily increased as an area of both research and clinical interest over the past 15 years [1]. Driven by rapid advances in connected technologies and wide-ranging potential use cases, telehealth had...Database WG2. The Tinnitus Patient Database in the TINNET COST Action BM1306
Berthold Langguth describes an innovative project that is creating the world’s largest multi-national patient database containing standardised information on tinnitus and medical history, otological examination and psycho-acoustic measures of tinnitus. A challenge for tinnitus treatment and tinnitus research is the...
Subtypes of vestibular migraine
6 January 2023
| Victor Osei-Lah
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Neurotology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
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Barany society, chronic; dizziness, vertigo, vestibular migraine
The authors argue that the current Barany criteria (ICVD) for vestibular migraine (definite and probable – dVM and pVM) are too restrictive. For instance, whereas a category of chronic migraine with or without aura is recognised in ICHD-3, ‘chronic VM’...
Outcomes of office-based biopsies for laryngopharyngeal carcinoma – faster diagnoses and equivalent oncological outcomes as compared to biopsies under general anaesthesia
7 January 2025
| Christopher Burgess
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ENTA - Head & Neck
Patients in the UK with head and neck cancers are the most likely to face long waits to treatment in comparison to other cancer sites, with only just over half commencing treatment within 62 days of being referred on a...
Getting It Right First Time in ENT
14 January 2020
| Andrew Marshall
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ENTA - ENT
Andrew Marshall, a Consultant ENT Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, visited 126 departments across England before publishing his recent ENT surgery national report for the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme. Here, he explains how identifying unwarranted...
Ida Institute course makes tele-audiology easier and better
22 December 2020
| Lise Lotte Bundesen
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
The COVID-19 pandemic provided hearing care professionals an opportunity to review the provision of hearing services. We hear from Lise Lotte Bundesen, Managing Director of the Ida Institute, about the potential of tele-audiology and how it can help to maintain...
Hearing healthcare in India
1 March 2016
| Vinay Manchaiah
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
With a population of more than a billion people, and an estimated prevalence of hearing loss of somewhere between 5.9% and 16.5%, depending on which definition you use, India has a significant number of hearing impaired individuals. They are served...
ENT in Ethiopia: Aksum-Barts Partnership
1 July 2017
| Nadia Ashraf, Tim Crocker-Buqué
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ENTA - ENT
In keeping with many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia has a chronic lack of hospitals and doctors. Nadia Ashraf and Tim Crocker-Buqué tell us about a project which aims to improve training in ENT, in a hospital that has...
Gastric inlet patch – an under-diagnosed cause of globus
A gastric inlet patch (GIP) is an island of heterotopic gastric mucosa found commonly in the proximal oesophagus just below the upper oesophageal sphincter. It is often underdiagnosed due to its location. Its importance and clinical relevance can be underestimated...
Oesophageal atresia and trachea-oesophageal fistula: a perspective on dysphagia management from Turkey
5 November 2021
| Roganie Govender
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
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Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Dysphagia management, Esophageal atresia, Knowledge
Children born with oesophageal atresia with or without trachea-oesophageal fistula usually receive early surgical repair to create tension-free anastomosis that facilitates oral feeding. However, many children are at risk of problems related to subsequent dysphagia. This includes respiratory, nutritional, motility...
3D endoscopy in pituitary adenoma surgery
27 February 2020
| Aaron SJ Ferguson
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ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
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3D endoscopy, Endoscopic endonasal surgery, Pituitary adenoma surgery
Endoscopic approach for pituitary adenoma surgery is well recognised. There has been recent refinement of 3D endoscopy technology which improves on the depth of vision offered and more compact delivery. This may improve visualisation of the critical structures involved in...
High praise for Peptest®: diagnosing LPR with confidence
23 May 2024
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Research & Development
BIOHIT HealthCare recently filmed an exciting testimonial video with Jane Shaw, Consultant Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust.
