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Fifteen years of vestibular implant research in humans

1 May 2017 | | Auditory Implants, Otology
Implants: it’s all in the balance! Prof Guyot and his team give us an update on their research in addressing bilateral vestibular deficits via an implant. Doctors are often unaware that people, even young, may lose vestibular function on both...

CBT for tinnitus and hyperacusis

1 September 2018 | | Tinnitus, audiology, cognitive behavioural therapy, hyperacusis
Finding an efficient treatment for tinnitus attracts the interest of researchers worldwide. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the widely researched methods used in tinnitus management. The aim of this study was to investigate what proportion of patients complete...

Cochlear implantation for single-sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology
Continuing our sub-theme of cochlear implantation candidacy, Richard Irving and Raghu Kumar review the principles and benefits of cochlear implantation in individuals who have an asymmetric hearing loss. It is well known that cochlear implantation improves auditory capacity, and in...

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

1 September 2019 | | 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...

Everyone has the right to say no

1 September 2019 | | Speech and Language Therapy
Despite the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act in 2005, healthcare professionals remain uncomfortable with individuals who choose not to follow medical advice - who make informed decisions to decline a treatment or management plans. This paper highlights that speech...

Navigating the Winds of Change in the CO₂ ENT Surgical Laser Market

14 May 2024 | Research & Development, Contracts & Distributors
The CO₂ ENT surgical laser market is poised for significant changes by the end of 2024.

Global audiology during COVID-19

26 June 2020 | | COVID-19, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected, and in some areas, put a complete hold on, audiology practice around the world. In April 2020, during the peak of the pandemic for many regions, our audiology Global Ambassadors provided their reports from their...

From the editor January/February 2024

8 January 2024 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk Welcome to January/February 2024 – I hope you have had a restful Christmas break and that you are raring to go...

Recent advances in the diagnosis of silent reflux

3 May 2024 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The vexed topic of reflux always generates much discussion, particularly when it comes to testing. We hear about a non-invasive assay that is gaining in popularity. Voice disorders impact around four percent of the UK population and can significantly hamper...

Are we making progress on tinnitus?

23 May 2017 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Otology
One of the aspects of tinnitus that drew me into it becoming a major theme of my clinical and research work was how little work had been done when I began to see patients in the mid 1980s. This struck...

The lessons in setting up a community ENT service in the NHS

2 March 2022 | | ENT
Sudeb Mandal, a GP with special interest in ENT, talks about the novel approach taken in the community to deliver ENT services in Kent in the UK. The Kent Community ENT service was born with the vision to bring together...

Transferable skills in audiology: one audiologist’s journey

10 March 2023 | | Audiology - Adult
Ever wonder about transferable skills in audiological practice? In this issue, we hear about one audiologist’s journey from clinical practice to applying transferable skills gained in audiology to other healthcare sectors. In 1997, as a 16-year-old starting my career in...