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Remote care apps: comparing the options

26 June 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
With much of the world in full or partial lockdown and social-distancing measures in full swing, the COVID-19 crisis has sparked renewed interest in remote teleaudiology services. Modern teleaudiology platforms, now offered by all major hearing aid brands, offer audiologists...

Musical hallucinations and audiology

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Many of us will have been stuck with an ‘earworm’ for a day but consider how it would be to have that earworm stuck on repeat, possibly forever. Drs Lauw, Blom and Coebergh review the current literature on musical hallucinations...

Fall prevention in the elderly population

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
A fall in later life can have a catastrophic impact on a person’s quality of life. Lilian Felipe explains how falls prevention programmes and vestibular rehabilitation can help.

Paediatric auditory brainstem implant: overview and outcomes

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Auditory brainstem implants were first used in adults with NF2. They have more recently become a technology option for children but what is the evidence to support this choice? This article discusses the evidence so far. Auditory brainstem implant is...

COVID-19: UCT-Africa Virtual ENT transcends academic silos

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-ENT
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global catastrophe with far-reaching consequences felt across many fronts around the world. One such aspect is the training of the future generation of ENT surgeons. With routine elective activity curtailed, academic conferences cancelled, and...

Changing the face of global health: short-term surgical trips

8 October 2020 |
With the growth of global health awareness, global surgery has emerged as a key focus area. This article examines short-term surgical trips (STSTs) as one of the ways used to address some of the gaps in global surgery. It demonstrates...

Advances in ear and hearing telehealth

4 May 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Adult
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...

Aspirin desensitisation for aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)

2 March 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
In this article, the authors describe the importance of identifying aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis refractory to standard medical treatment. This can then open the door to considering aspirin desensitisation treatment which, in their hands, has proven...

MedShr for ENT and audiology: clinical case discussion on the go

7 July 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Audiology - Adult
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives – not least medical education. With isolation being the buzzword at the moment, the internet and social media are popular sources for official and crowd-sourced content. In this article, Samantha...

In conversation with De Wet Swanepoel, President of the International Society of Audiology

1 March 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Gareth Smith caught up with the new President of the International Society of Audiology, De Wet Swanepoel, about the aims of the society, the upcoming World Congress of Audiology and the current state of hearing healthcare in Africa. De Wet...

In conversation with Professor N Isshiki: History of laryngeal framework

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Mr Yakubu Karagama recently returned from a travelling fellowship at Isshiki Memorial Clinic Kyoto where he was delighted to interview Professor Isshiki about his groundbreaking work in laryngeal framework surgery. Professor Isshiki (left) discusses the history of thyroplasty with Mr...

In conversation with Professor Wolfgang Pirsig

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-ENT
Professor Wolfgang Pirsig is a key figure in the field of ENT history and is known for his fascinating discoveries of ENT features in art and historical objects. He kindly agreed to be interviewed for this special history focus by...