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Will getting a rhinoplasty make you feel better?

6 November 2024 | | ENTA-Rhinoplasty
“The National Health Service is in serious trouble.” This is the opening line of the introduction of Lord Darzi’s report to the Secretary of State for Health in England. His deep dive into the current state of the NHS in...

OTC hearing aids

1 July 2017 | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
The potential for the deregulation of hearing aid technology, through the Over-The-Counter Act has led to a tremendous amount of opinions and views from all stakeholders in the US. You don’t have to go far on the internet, social media...

Sialendoscopy

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Recent advances in endoscopic technology allow the ENT surgeon to access the salivary gland ductal system for both diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. In this article the authors share their experiences with using this technology, both as a standalone procedure and...

Awake transnasal laryngeal and pharyngeal biopsy in the unsedated patient

27 February 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
In an attempt to improve the efficiency and flow of patients through a busy ENT clinic, technology now allows the ENT surgeon to consider biopsies in the outpatient setting on a more regular and controlled basis. This can avoid the...

Commentary: dementia, hearing loss, and the danger of professional rabbit holes

27 September 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
The Lancet, a world-leading general medical journal, has a global impact. Its commissioned report into dementia prevention, intervention and care has been cited over 6000 times and has further been reviewed and updated in 2020 and now 2024. Here, Profs...

Facial pain: the differential diagnosis in an ENT clinic

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
The patient presenting with facial pain can be a heartsink. Fear not – Bhaskar Ram and Sangeeta Maini are here with a succinct overview of the common non-sinogenic causes of facial pain and headache, and how to manage them. Facial...

Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy

1 September 2014 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Epiphora, or abnormal tearing, occurs because of blockage in the lacrimal drainage system, which impairs normal tear channeling into the nose. Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is used to treat patients diagnosed with lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). External DCR was...

Music and single-sided deafness: challenges and solutions

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Music is an integral part of many of our lives, providing entertainment, relaxation and a backing track to our past experiences. In this overview, Gemma Crundwell and David Baguley examine the impact of SSD on the perception of music and...

Out of Africa: Audiovannah audiology clinic in Zimbabwe

1 March 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Audiovannah reception area. In 2015 two Danish audiologists, Jenny Pedersen and Nicolai Pedersen, relocated to Zimbabwe and opened a full service audiology clinic (Audiovannah) in the capital city of Harare. The focus has been to give back as much as...

The SpeechVive: In conversation with inventor, Jessica Huber

1 September 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Parkinson’s disease often results in a characteristically quiet voice. But a new device is offering hope to patients who are struggling to be heard. Jessica E Huber. Tell us, what is the SpeechVive? The SpeechVive is a wearable device designed...

In conversation with Jessica Huber, inventor of The SpeechVive

1 September 2017 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Parkinson’s disease often results in a characteristically quiet voice. But a new device is offering hope to patients who are struggling to be heard. Jessica E Huber. Tell us, what is the SpeechVive? The SpeechVive is a wearable device designed...

Addressing the non-use of hearing aids

4 July 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
We all know non-use of hearing aids occurs, but why, and what can we do about it? Numerous studies have investigated the challenges surrounding the underutilisation of hearing aids, examining factors such as reluctance to seek assistance, the impact of...