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In this issue...Rising to the challenge of COVID-19

7 July 2020 |
Like much of our lives during this period, our planned focus for this issue was suddenly shifted and redefined by the global pandemic. COVID-19 has realigned our personal and professional focus; this issue reflects some of the journey we have...

From the editor NovDec 2020

2 November 2020 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net As we approach the end of 2020, we can reflect that we have experienced one of the...

From the editor MarApr 2021

1 March 2021 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net Over the last 12 months, we have all been through different phases in our attitude to...
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Modifying two-week wait protocol for suspected head and neck cancer patients during COVID-19

3 March 2021 | | ENTA-Head & Neck | Head And Neck Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of Head And Neck, COVID-19, Thyroid Neoplasms, Thyroid Nodule, Diagnostic Imaging, Histopathology
As healthcare workers, we are committed to ensuring that our patients continue to receive the optimum care that we are set up to deliver. However, the last year has shown that we need to be mindful of balancing this with...

COVID-19 in China: the experience of an ENT team

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
In January, we first heard of COVID-19. As we currently do battle with it on our own shores, colleagues in China share their story with us as life there slowly and cautiously begins to return to normal and the country...

Returning to practice

21 May 2020 | ENTA-Covid-19
Here, we provide a combination of written guidelines, podcasts and videos providing information on returning to practice and elective services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources will be updated as and when they become available. - Guidelines - 7 July -...

The challenges of facemasks for people with hearing loss

7 May 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen an exponential increase in the use of face masks. Guidance around the globe varies on the use of face masks as an effective barrier to the coronavirus. Whereas in pre-covid...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ear health in the 2020s

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
The world is in the midst of a pandemic, and global health is severely threatened by this novel coronavirus which has caused over three million infections of COVID-19 and claimed more than 228,000 lives to date*. Societies and health systems...

COVID-19 innovations

7 July 2020 | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
The coronavirus pandemic has mobilised medical innovators in an amazing way. We take a look at just a few of the hundreds of innovative products and techniques that have been developed and used in the last few weeks. Some of...

2020 Unmasked: The unmasking of a masked society - By Rele Ologunde

2 April 2021 | | COVID-19
The year 2020 will be embossed in the archives of history and be remembered like none other before it. The dialogue will largely be centred upon the COVID-19 pandemic, the varied response to it by governments across the world and...

Physician health and wellness amidst a global pandemic

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-ENT
Dr Westerberg attended a workshop on Physician Wellness hosted by Dr Osler a few years ago at our Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery meeting. The list of symptoms of stress and burnout resonated as typical of almost a...

Making audiology work during COVID-19 and beyond

26 June 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Adult
‘New normal’ is another phrase that has become synonymous with this pandemic. In this article, consideration for ‘low-touch’ and ‘no touch’ audiological pathways are described for adoption as the ‘new normal’ for hearing healthcare. The COVID-19 crisis has ushered in...