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ENT Wallabies

1 November 2016 | | Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology
Juggling the demands of elite sport, a boisterous social life on tour and medical academia would seem too much for mere mortals. All in a day’s work for your average Wallaby. Currently I am a Senior Visiting Medical officer at...

Worldwide picture of candidacy for cochlear implantation

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology
Who should get a cochlear implant? Candidacy is one of the most important and widely discussed topics in the field of cochlear implantation. Here, Chris Raine and Debi Vickers outline cochlear implant candidacy in the UK, and compare this with...

Loss of smell after COVID-19: a view from the patient forums

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19
Patient advocate, Chrissi Kelly, founder of AbScent, talks about how the pandemic has changed the way we think about smell loss. The high prevalence of chemosensory impairment as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has shone a much-needed spotlight on...

Who’s minding the gap?

30 April 2020 | | Audiology - Paediatric
In this article we focus on minding the gap between education and clinical audiology for children and young people who are deaf (CYPD) and their families, through interprofessional education. This article is provided by Dr Joy Rosenberg who leads the...

A cognitive therapy programme for hearing impairment: reducing avoidance and mental distress

1 July 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a psychotherapeutic treatment method, is most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression. Newly published results from a controlled, clinical study demonstrate that an adapted CBT programme is useful for several common challenges in aural rehabilitation;...

Hearing aids 2019: today’s technology

1 July 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
High-end or basic hearing aids: does the technology level make a difference? Catherine Palmer shares the current evidence base and suggests where hearing healthcare professionals can make the most impact. The most common complaint from individuals with mild-to-moderately severe hearing...

Whale hearing tests through evoked potential audiometry

4 November 2021 | | Audiology - Diagnostic
Covering over 70% of the earth’s surface and reaching known depths of 11km, the world’s oceans tick the box for an extreme environment. What do we know of the impact of environmental noise on the deep-sea dwellers of this habitat?...

Cochlear implantation in children with congenital single-sided deafness

6 January 2023 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Audiology - Diagnostic
To date, there has been very limited data supporting the effectiveness of early provision of a cochlear implant to the deaf ear in infants with congenital single-sided deafness. In this article, the authors share their pioneering work with this special...

Management of single-sided deafness in adults: a bone conduction solution

3 November 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Auditory Implants
Single-sided deafness (SSD) presents a limited number of methods for management, and not all of them meet the patient’s expectations. The aim of this article is to set out the available bone-conduction treatment methods for managing single‑sided deafness in adults....

Cochlear implant services matter

27 November 2023
A global survey of deaf and hard of hearing adults has found very high satisfaction rates with cochlear implants (CI).

Otological problems in musicians

3 September 2021 | | ENT, 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...

The PMFA Journal - April/May 2019 issue available

14 June 2019 | Research & Development
FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE: An update on BIA-ALCL by Shadi Ghali / The importance of teamwork and leadership in the management of patients in burns centres by Emily Claire Taylor, Steven LA Jeffery / Focus: Opinions on regulation by Dalvi Humzah, Paul Charlson, Andrew Rankin / CPD certified: Hand rejuvenation with injectable fillers by Medhat Abdelmalek AND MUCH MORE...