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Privacy and security in connected hearing healthcare

7 January 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced audiology services across the globe to find new ways of working. This has resulted in a rapid increase in the uptake of remote care and, with it, some new privacy and security considerations. Connected hearing...

The hearScope

1 November 2017 | | ENT, Otology
A revolutionary new otoscope is using artificial intelligence to dramatically improve access to ear and hearing care in South African outreach communities. Carolina Leal, spoke to Professor De Wet Swanepoel of the University of Pretoria about how his team developed...

In conversation with De Wet Swanepoel

1 November 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
A revolutionary new otoscope is using artificial intelligence to dramatically improve access to ear and hearing care in South African outreach communities. Carolina Leal, spoke to Professor De Wet Swanepoel of the University of Pretoria about how his team developed...

Addressing the non-use of hearing aids

4 July 2024 | | Audiology - Adult
We all know non-use of hearing aids occurs, but why, and what can we do about it? Numerous studies have investigated the challenges surrounding the underutilisation of hearing aids, examining factors such as reluctance to seek assistance, the impact of...

Barotrauma

1 July 2014 | | ENT, Otology, Rhinology / Sinus, Vestibular Disorders
Barotrauma is an injury which is due to the effects of pressure upon an air-containing space. Healthy middle ear cavities and paranasal sinuses are normally in equilibrium with the atmospheric pressure, but if an individual moves away from the surface,...

In conversation with Lucy Carter

1 July 2014 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
Sound Seekers is a UK based charity, seeking to help deaf people, particularly children, in the poorest communities in the world. The aim is to work in partnership with local organisations and institutions to ensure we deliver sustainable and cost-effective...

Triple semicircular canal occlusion and Meniere’s disease: a rising alternative treatment?

7 January 2021 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Otology, Vestibular Disorders
Patients with dizziness form a large part of the workload for ENT surgeons. In the overwhelming majority of cases, management will be medical and successful. However, occasionally some patients present a challenge when they have not responded to conventional treatments....

Dysphagia in complex laryngology – maintaining the balance

4 May 2023 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Speech and Language Therapy
These authors from the speech and language therapy department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, describe their view of a patient-centred approach to managing dysphagia in complex laryngology. Careful consideration of the balance of airway, voice and swallow, which is...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and the vestibular system: a case study

1 November 2015 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Vestibular Disorders, Audiology - Diagnostic
This team of audiologists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre discuss an eight year old with congenital CMV, a neonatal infection which is usually asymptomatic, and provide guidance on how to recognise the signs in the paediatric population, and screen...

Endoscopic ear surgery in children

1 May 2016 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT, Otology
The benefits of endoscopes in otologic surgery, which have become increasingly widely appreciated in recent years, are very well suited to the management of paediatric middle ear disease. Although one might imagine that the smaller ear canal of a child...

Assessing dizziness-related quality of life in the paediatric population

1 November 2015 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Vestibular Disorders
In this article, Devin McCaslin and Gary Jacobson share their experience of assessing dizziness-related quality of life in paediatric patients, and demonstrate that the involvement of care-givers is vital in ensuring the most appropriate assessment and treatment for this particular...

The ENT UK Mentoring Programme run by WENTS UK

8 June 2021
WENTS UK is delighted that so many colleagues have joined the ENT UK mentoring programme, run by WENTS (Women in ENT Surgery) and open to all genders. They now have 134 active participants, including all grades from medical students to...