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Sandlin’s Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification: Technical and Clinical Considerations – Third Edition

1 March 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
This textbook is intended for graduate clinicians and scientists in audiology. It covers a broad range of topics over 20 chapters written by clinical and technical experts, most of whom are based in the US and Denmark, and the book...

Hidden hearing loss in humans: cochlear synaptopathy is superseded by cognitive effects when listening to speech in noise

1 March 2018 | | Audiology - Diagnostic
Elizabeth Beach presents an overview of the recent research being undertaken at the National Acoustic Laboratories on speech in noise and its relationship to cochlear synaptopathy. Our team at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) has been investigating hidden hearing loss...
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Systematic review and meta-analysis showing benefit of cochlear implantation in adults with single-sided deafness

4 May 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, Auditory Implants, Otology | cochlear implant, meta-analysis, quality of life, single-sided deafness, systematic review, tinnitus
This article presents results of a systematic review and meta-analysis to further investigate the impact of unilateral cochlear implantation (CI) in adults with single-sided deafness (SSD) with regards to speech perception in quiet and noise, tinnitus, sound localisation and quality...

Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer

1 October 2018 | | head and neck, lymphocyte, neutrophil, oropharynx, prognosis
The authors propose that high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with poor disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with human papillomavirus positive (HPV+) oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). This is a retrospective study that compared the outcomes of 43 patients treated for HPV+...

Comparison between objective and subjective BPPV

1 March 2017 | | Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, canalolithiasis, nystagmus, repositioning manoeuvre
BPPV presentation in ENT clinics is variable. The objective of this study was to examine differences in demographic and clinical features, as well as treatment outcomes, between classic objective BPPV (O-BPPV) and subjective BPPV (S-BPPV). Unlike classic BPPV (with nystagmus),...

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...

KUDUwave™ Boothless Audiometer

1 January 2018 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
The KUDUwaveTM was designed to replace the need for a sound booth and enable truly portable audiometry in almost any environment. ENT & Audiology News’ own Gareth Smith, Priya Carling and Alex Griffiths Brown met in London to put the...

2020 Unmasked - By Behrad Barmayehvar

2 April 2021 | | COVID-19
The face mask has become part of our lives; an essential item besides your mobile phone that you cannot leave the house without. The mask has also turned into a symbol for the communal resilience that we have all shown...

Running a post-COVID smell clinic

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19
Over the past year, much of our effort as a speciality has been directed towards crisis management and keeping services afloat. Our practice has changed in untold ways, but unprecedented numbers of patients with smell disorders will increasingly require our...

Tackling information overload and retention – interactive multimedia videos for first-time hearing aid users

1 November 2014 | | Audiology - Adult
If you are an audiologist reading this article, how confident are you that all the information and advice that you offer your first-time hearing aid (HA) patients is understood, absorbed and then acted upon once they leave the comfort of...

Knowledge is power: the power of mobile technologies to enhance hearing-related knowledge

1 March 2017 | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
In recent years, the widespread use of smartphones has made it increasingly possible to improve knowledge, understanding and delivery of hearing healthcare. Melanie Ferguson tells us about the advances in mobile-health applications. Think back to five years ago - what...

Hunting for the zorse - hybrid learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

3 July 2023 | | ENT, COVID-19
Emma Watts, a West Midlands ENT Registrar and Digital Fellow, gives a witty and concise recollection of ENT training during COVID, and predicts how hybrid learning may be here to stay. *A zorse is the offspring of a zebra stallion...