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Swallow this: management of dysphagia post-stroke

1 November 2019 | | ENTA-Head & Neck, Maxillofacial Surgery
We know that between 50% and 80% of people who have had a stroke present with swallowing difficulties that may be associated with even a small lesion of the cortical or subcortical brain regions. This article provides an up-to-date overview...

Information to support decision-making: does it make sense online?

1 September 2019 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | Aphasia, consumer health information, health literacy, internet, online, readability
The internet has become a major source for health information, with many people preferring to use the internet to search for advice than speaking to health professionals. Yet much of the information available is very difficult to read for the...

Justice for all: role of registered intermediaries

10 March 2023 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), communication assistants, communication disability, justice, participation, peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16), registered intermediaries
The United Nations’ Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015 advocates equal access to justice for all. In recognition of this, a number of countries have introduced a new professional role; a registered intermediary in England, Wales and NI. The registered intermediary...

Planning for end of life care: is there a role for the speech and language therapist?

1 July 2017 | | clinical guidelines, clinical practice, palliative care, speech-language pathology
This article presents a scoping review of the research literature on the role of speech and language therapists in palliative care settings. The researchers conducted a search using several electronic databases focusing on palliative, terminal and end of life (EOL)...

Quality of life measurement tools in children with speech and language difficulties

1 January 2017 | | outcome, paediatric, quality of life, speech and language difficulties, systematic review
The authors of this paper reviewed various quality of life measurement tools which are used to assess the effects of speech and language difficulties in children and adolescents. Measuring quality of life outcomes in children with these difficulties is not...

Do I need Google maps in here?

1 January 2016 | | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Endoscopic sinus surgery, Image-guided surgery, Orbital injury, Sinusitis, Surgical navigation, computer-aided surgery
Image guidance surgery (IGS) has grown in popularity. This review article discusses its application in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). IGS technology has vastly improved with smaller, more mobile platforms that are easy to set up and use. IGS allows validation...

Post-cancer prosthodontic reconstruction

1 November 2015 | | Biologically driven rehabilitation, Oral oncologic surgery, Peri-implant tissue, Prosthetically driven rehabilitation
A functional outcome after head and neck cancer resection is aimed at restoring speech and swallow. Dental reconstruction greatly facilitates this, particularly by enabling the patient to chew food. The authors reinforce the need for careful presurgical planning with treatment...

ESPO 2020

8 January 2020
Professor Wytske Fokkens and Professor Valerie Lund on behalf of the EPOS2020 steering group [1] EPOS2020 steering group at final meeting in Leiden, November 2019. In February this year, EPOS2020 was published as a supplement in Rhinology [1], the latest...

The father of the history of otology

12 August 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
This year marks the centenary of the death of Adam Politzer (1835-1920). He has been described as the Father of Otology [1] and was certainly the most influential person in otology in the latter half of the 19th century [2]....

Virtual educational outreach in the COVID-19 era

7 January 2021 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Existing surgical outreach programmes to developing countries have been severely curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has impacted on opportunities for otolaryngologists from the USA and from other developed countries to contribute to education and training of otolaryngologists in developing...

ENT in this issue...Smell

1 July 2021 |
Chris Potter, MA, FRCS(Eng), FRCS (ORL), Consultant ENT Surgeon, Torbay Hospital, UK. E: potler@doctors.org.uk The lack of attention to olfaction as a cultural experience is hard to explain in world literature. It is even harder to explain when one regards...

In conversation with Prof Peter Friedland – Reflections on an extraordinary career and life

27 October 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
Our illustrious friend, Harvey Coates, hears about Professor Friedland’s amazing personal journey, ranging from horrifying exposure to violence through to his clinical care for (and friendship with) Nelson Mandela and his prevailing passion for teaching. Professor Peter Friedland. Professor Peter...