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The basis of auditory processing disorder: what can we learn from corticals?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, Paediatric ENT | Auditory perception, Auditory processing disorder, Child, Cortical auditory evoked potential, Hearing
Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a poorly understood, heterogenous and surprisingly common condition. It manifests as a perceptual difficulty in centrally processing auditory information. Diagnosis is usually based on a variety of behavioural tests involving verbal and non-verbal assessments. In...

Cochlear implantation in asymmetric hearing loss

2 March 2022 | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric | Asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss, Cochlear implantation
Criteria for cochlear implantation (CI) is a constant topic of debate. The UK traditionally had relatively restrictive guidance, although this has been greatly improved by more recent guidance released in 2019. Nevertheless, because of the lack of evidence for cost-effectiveness,...
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Can we centralise cochlear implant surgery and keep most appointments close to home?

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, Paediatric ENT | Category of auditory performance (CAP) scores, Cochlear implantation, Satellite habilitation centres, Speech intelligibility rating (SIR) scores
The NHS Five Year Forward View promoted seeing patients closer to home in order to provide better care, cut down on missed appointments and reduce costs. This encouraged the development of ‘hub and spoke’ models of care, but this model...

The ‘bus stop’ incision for bone-anchored hearing aid placement: a step-by-step approach to soft tissue preparation

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
There have been many descriptions of soft tissue preparation in the era when subcutaneous tissue was routinely removed with the Nijmegen technique [1] or with the dermatome [2]. More descriptions continue to evolve with the advent of tissue preservation techniques,...

Otology training in low- and middle-income countries: a view from within

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
It is recognised that hearing loss and ear disease are far more common in less affluent parts of the world, and that those countries are often least able to provide treatment; so how can we prioritise care for these patients?...

Diaphanoscopy of the paranasal sinuses (Halloween in ENT Practice)

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
Since time immemorial, humans have tried to enhance the limited capabilities of their sense organs. It would be a clear advantage to be able to see through objects and discern what lies inside or behind them! This concept of transillumination...

Opening ceremonies – a necessary evil?

6 November 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...

Remote hearing aid fittings and maintenance – exploring applications in Africa

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Introduction Technology and connectivity are allowing audiological services to be provided in novel ways. The field of telehealth, although firmly established over the past two decades, is buoyed by the continued and rapid advances in information and communication technologies. Remote...

Building low-cost high-fidelity simulation for ENT

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
In this article, the authors describe their ingenious technique to produce affordable yet realistic simulation models for some common ENT procedures. The use of surgical simulation in otolaryngology training has significantly increased in recent years. This is most likely due...

CEORL-HNS 2024

11 July 2024
Mel Corbett, MB BCh BAO, MSC, MRCS, DOHNS, ST 6 Otolaryngology, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Held from June 15 to 19 at the Dublin Convention Centre, this was an unmissable event for ENT surgeons and allied health professionals...

Communicating with patients in 
‘Plain English’

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Physicians have long been accused of using unnecessarily complicated language and impenetrable jargon as a way of maintaining their status, prestige and high earnings-potential, bamboozling the public and excluding them from meaningful discussion as part of what George Bernard Shaw...

Professor Heinz Stammberger’s pioneering contribution and legacy in the field of FESS

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
It is no exaggeration to say that functional endoscopic sinus surgery would not exist in its current form without Heinz Stammberger. Prof Valerie Lund traces the development of this relatively recent surgical technique. In the early 1980s, a happy combination...