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Founding of International Association of TransVoice Surgeons

7 July 2022
World renowned laryngologists and voice surgeons have joined forces to improve the quality of voice care for the transgender community.

Aids to Voice Diagnostics

10 October 2017 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Voice related complaints are common presentations in the ENT clinic and a thorough knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology is paramount in dealing with the complexities of voice disorders. With the advent of digital technological advances, most ENT units will...

Talking it through: voice therapy

4 May 2021 | | Speech and Language Therapy
The authors begin this article by highlighting two issues in voice therapy: 1. the high rate of relapse and 2. poor attendance at appointments. They attribute this to there not being carryover (or generalisation) work embedded into most voice therapy...

Adult Audiology Casebook

1 May 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
This is quite an intriguing audiology text, which takes some time to get into. The first couple of cases are a bit obscure and off putting; however, by choosing individual cases to read, rather than reading through the book systematically,...

The future of treatments for hearing and balance: a 15 and 50-year perspective

1 March 2019 | | ENT, Audiology - Adult, Vestibular Disorders
Jameel Muzaffar and Manohar Bance paint a picture of what otology will look like 15 and 50 years’ time. Will we still need doctors? Will there still be an ENT news journal? The last 50 years have seen advances including...

Pre-clinical development of magnetic delivery of therapy to middle and inner ears

1 March 2014 | | ENT, Otology
Why are we developing this technology? A key problem in drug delivery is getting the therapy to the right place in the body, which is especially challenging for targets that are small, deep and are protected or surrounded by anatomical...

Direct-to-consumer hearing devices: a need to combine cosmetic appeal with device capabilities

1 July 2019 | | Audiology - Adult
How safe and desirable are direct-to-consumer amplification devices? A team has put a range of devices through their paces and compared them to a standard NHS hearing device. Why do most individuals who would benefit from hearing aids not try...

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea

6 January 2023 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT
As tonsillectomy rates for recurrent sore throats have declined, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of OSA in children. Not always diagnosed early – or in some cases at all – and with continuing debate as to how...

Lost voices – service induced hearing loss on working age veterans

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
The Royal British Legion campaign for the recognition of hearing loss in serving personnel and veterans In July 2014, the Royal British Legion launched a report entitled Lost Voices revealing that veterans under the age of 75 are three-and-a-half times...

Living with Usher syndrome

1 May 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology, Genetics
“Usher people often still have sharp, clear central vision. It is the corner of their eye that is missing. This is why the Usher person often does not feel or look blind. In the early days they may not even...

Hearing aid outcomes in older adults: what and when to measure

1 January 2018 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
What matters to older adults when purchasing a hearing aid? Larry Humes explores the domains that should be measured for this key group. This article identifies key domains of hearing aid outcome in older adults. Increasingly, third-party payers and private-pay...

Remote care apps: comparing the options

26 June 2020 | | Audiology - Adult, 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...