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Ronald G Macbeth – the instigator of BACO

1 July 2015 | | ENT
The structure of BACO has changed dramatically since the first conference in 1963, but the fundamental elements of academic excellence, instructional sessions and social events have been common threads. Andrew Freeland, who worked with Ronald Macbeth, the instigator of BACO,...

By the people, for the people: a multidisciplinary facial nerve clinic with a difference

30 April 2020 | | ENT
Facial nerve palsy is regularly seen in ENT clinics. Underlying diagnoses are excluded, and the patient is often then discharged to ‘see how it goes’, with or without an ophthalmology referral. Here, Catherine Meller describes how she and her team...

Health related quality of life measures as outcome parameters in middle ear diseases

1 January 2018 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology
Surely the only outcome needed for post-surgical ears is a better PTA? Marcus Neudert argues there should be more to it than that. To draw a comprehensive picture of the disease-associated restrictions in patients with chronic otitis media, audiometric outcome...

What’s hidden in hidden hearing loss?

1 March 2018 | | Audiology - Diagnostic
In order to truly understand the many key aspects of acquired sensorineural hearing loss, the role of cochlear synaptopathy or ‘hidden hearing loss’ must be considered. Dan Guo and Sharon Kujawa review and summarise what we know to date, including...

Unravelling the mystery of hyperacusis with pain

1 January 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Tinnitus
When a person says that sound causes them pain, how can we understand this, and determine what processes are involved? Bryan Pollard navigates us through what is presently known. Pain has long been underrepresented – and often, completely overlooked –...

Multifrequency tympanometry

1 March 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
There are many good reasons to start using multifrequency tympanometry as opposed to a traditional, single 226Hz probe tone. Here, Leigh Martin of Interacoustics discusses the uses and benefits. Tympanometry is a core test in the audiologist’s test battery. In...

Sound Seekers: audiology in the developing world

27 August 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Kavita Prasad, the current CEO of Soundseekers, is an inspirational woman in a leadership role within the audiology world. Here, she gives us an overview of the scope of the charity and the ways in which they improve the lives...

#BecauseIhearIlive – an international message from Smiling Crocodile

26 June 2020 | | ENT, Otology, Audiology - Paediatric
There are 34 million children worldwide afflicted by disabling hearing loss, 60% of whom are suffering from hearing loss due to preventable causes [1]. This article is an account of the Smiling Crocodile Charity, founded in 2009 by Dagmar Herrmannová,...

SCOTLAND preoperative tympanomastoid CT temporal bone mnemonic system

2 November 2020 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Imaging
Learning how to interpret a CT scan of the temporal bones can be a daunting task, especially for a head and neck surgeon like me! However, to make life easier, the authors have devised a useful system to help cover...

Tele-audiometry – a ShoeBOX solution

1 July 2014 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants
Access to hearing assessment is a global challenge. In relation to the global burden of hearing loss World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) recent estimate (2013) is that 360 million people in the world have disabling hearing impairment. Two-thirds of these people...

EBM and ENT: In conversation with Martin Burton

1 January 2017 | | ENT
As part of our new Evidence-Based Medicine section, we’re honoured to feature an interview with Professor Martin Burton, Director of the UK Cochrane Centre. Professor Burton is Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Oxford and Consultant Otolaryngologist at Oxford...

In conversation with David Baguley

1 January 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
A reflective discussion with a scientist-practitioner in tinnitus David Baguley has worked in audiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital since 1985, becoming the Consultant Clinical Scientist in 1989. In 2006, David received an International Award in Hearing from the American Academy of...