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Dysphagia

4 May 2023
Natalie Watson, MBBS, MA, FRCS (ORL-HNS), Consultant ENT Surgeon Specialising in Laryngology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, UK. nataliewatsonent@gmail.com@surgeonsinger Guest Section Editor The function of swallowing is one third of the triad of laryngology. Dysphagia describes difficulty swallowing...

A legendary ‘parotid adenoma’: teaching aid or trophy? & The stapes: a classical heresy

3 May 2024 | | ENT
A legendary ‘parotid adenoma’: teaching aid or trophy? A wander through the glass cases of the newly refurbished Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons in London presents a particularly impressive sight to any ENT surgeon. The salivary adenoma...

Screening for hearing loss in primary care

14 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing impairment is one physical disability that is increasing in prevalence in society in general, and in older adults in particular. Approximately 34 to 36 million Americans report suffering from some degree of hearing impairment with the number rising to...

The role of metrics in studies of hearing and cognition

26 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Neurotology
Introduction When perceiving sounds in real-world listening environments, older adults encounter several sources of degradation that can interfere with the perceptual process (Figure 1). Target signals (i.e. the sounds that a listener wants to focus on) have specific acoustic characteristics...

When patient choice stands in the way of patient-centredness

1 July 2015 | | ENT, Audiology - Adult
In the field of hearing care, there is increasing focus on ensuring patient autonomy and choice. Greater participation in decision making is supposed to result in better patient satisfaction. A study conducted in ENT and audiology clinics paradoxically suggests that...

How entrepreneurs can integrate hearables into their clinic

1 March 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Brian Taylor provides an interesting perspective on market segmentation of the hearing impaired population, and how as clinicians and entrepreneurs we need to be able to recognise the different approaches that are required to address the large percentage of the...

Detecting hearing loss in the military: are the current methods adequate?

1 July 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
A team at the University of Southampton have been funded by the Ministry of Defence to investigate how to improve the assessment of auditory fitness for duty in the UK Armed Forces. Matt Blyth talks us through the current methods...

Learn more about Medtronic’s innovative solutions in ENT…

18 June 2024 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles
The entire Medtronic team is happy to welcome you at the CEORL-HNS, Booth D01 to discuss the future of ENT surgery and new technologies.

Royal Society of Medicine – the year ahead

4 November 2022
Professor Peter Andrews and Professor Manohar Bance look forward to 2022-23.

Making sense of modern wireless hearing aid technologies

1 November 2014 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
Before diving into the topic of the technology behind wireless hearing aids, it is important to define two key concepts. The first is wireless frequency. This is the frequency at which a wireless signal is transmitted. In the context of...

Hearing care systems – European examples

1 May 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
In this article, Vice President of the European Federation of Hard of Hearing, Lidia Best, explores the drivers for improvement and change in European hearing care systems. In 2010, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) issued the EN-15927 European Standard...

What does functional neuroimaging tell us about tinnitus?

24 May 2017 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Imaging, Neurotology, Tinnitus
One of the most common causes of tinnitus is noise exposure, be that either cumulative day-to-day exposure over a lifetime or experience of acute noise trauma such as a loud concert or shooting incident. Observational data indicate that up to...