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Implicit bias in audiology and wider healthcare

6 January 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
What is implicit bias and how might it affect patient outcomes in hearing healthcare? Yovina Khiroya provides insight into the terminology and the effect on people and service delivery. As much as possible within healthcare, we try to reduce implicit...

The importance of s-ABR in auditory disorders

4 May 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, Speech and Language Therapy
S-ABR is a method of recording speech-evoked-potentials, but where does it fit in the clinical and research test battery? Here, the authors examine the opportunities for s-ABR. The integrity of the neural transmission of acoustic stimuli is evaluated by auditory...

Mastoid surgery for cholesteatoma

5 January 2022 | | ENT, Otology
Landmark Paper: Toner JG, Smyth GDL. Surgical Treatment of Cholesteatoma: a comparison of three techniques. Am J Otol 1990;11(4):247-9. Canal wall up or canal wall down? Chris Aldren discusses the landmark paper that attempted to provide a definitive answer for...

Nasolabial flap to reconstruct periorbital defects

1 November 2014 | | Rhinoplasty, Skull Base Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, ENT | Cranially based, Defect closure, Local flaps, Nasolabial flap, Paranasal defects, Periorbital defects
The authors present a series of 25, mainly geriatric patients that had ablative surgery with complex defects in the paranasal and orbital regions. The paranasal and periorbital regions are extremely important for facial aesthetics and quality of life. The authors...
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Effect of age-related changes in voice production and hearing on Voice Handicap Index and Geriatric Depression Scores

5 July 2022 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Otology | Aged, Depression, Hearing Loss, Voice
The ageing process affects hearing and production of voice. It is not unknown that impairment of these faculties can affect quality of life and also cause depression. The authors have presented an array of actual anatomical and functional changes that...
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Association between dysphagia and sarcopenia: implications for assessment of older people

4 May 2021 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Dependency, Depression, Dysphagia, Sarcopenia
The onset of swallowing difficulties with progressive age is reported to occur in 13-35% of the elderly population. Sarcopenia is characterised by a decrease in muscle mass, strength and function. Sarcopenic dysphagia is a relatively new term. Its prevalence is...

Shooting for Gold: ENT surgery and the Commonwealth Games

1 November 2016 | | ENT, Head and Neck
What are the secrets to success in your career, sports and life in general? Sharp-shooter Parag Patel hits the bullseye again. I write this article following a wave of summer sporting brilliance, from the record Great Britain 67 medal haul...

Audiological evaluation and management of teenagers with tinnitus

1 January 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
There is a growing interest in investigating, understanding and managing tinnitus in children and adolescents, with several articles on the subject published in journals over the last year. Brian Fligor describes the approaches to consider when discussing tinnitus with teenagers....

Are ENT patients who research their symptoms online better informed?

1 September 2017 | | ENT
All our patients look up their symptoms online before they visit us, don’t they? And patients who do so are better informed than those who don’t, right? Well, that’s not actually the case… The ‘information era’ More information is now...

An update on laryngeal reinnervation

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Laryngeal paralysis remains very difficult to treat, but reinnervation offers many attractions. Laryngeal paralysis presents a unique and varied problem that requires a patient centred approach and a range of treatment options depending on laryngeal and patient factors. There is...

An overview of human factors in ENT and anaesthesia

1 November 2019 | | ENT
James Bates and Chris Frerk are both passionate about how human factors science can improve safety in healthcare and have co-authored this article describing how communication, ergonomics and other non-technical skills are making operating theatres safer. There is no doubt...

Taking life by the throat

5 July 2022 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Patients suffering with problems with their voice, airway and/or swallowing can find their symptoms immensely distressing, and their care places a huge burden on healthcare systems. We hear from a world-leading laryngologist on current and future directions. Field of interest...