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Can the audiology clinic benefit from advances in virtual reality?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
François Patou discusses how the recent advances in virtual reality technologies can be used to support people living with hearing loss. He outlines some of the novel virtual reality tools that are emerging as resources to support delivery of audiology...

Fall prevention in the elderly population

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
A fall in later life can have a catastrophic impact on a person’s quality of life. Lilian Felipe explains how falls prevention programmes and vestibular rehabilitation can help.

Paediatric auditory brainstem implant: overview and outcomes

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Auditory brainstem implants were first used in adults with NF2. They have more recently become a technology option for children but what is the evidence to support this choice? This article discusses the evidence so far. Auditory brainstem implant is...

Subjective tinnitus – adding mutebutton™ to your tinnitus toolbox

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-Tinnitus
Neurophysiologic tinnitus or subjective tinnitus is typically a sound or a number of sounds that originate from the auditory nervous system. They are unwanted sounds that do not exist in the external environment. They can be heard in one or...

In conversation with De Wet Swanepoel, President of the International Society of Audiology

1 March 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Gareth Smith caught up with the new President of the International Society of Audiology, De Wet Swanepoel, about the aims of the society, the upcoming World Congress of Audiology and the current state of hearing healthcare in Africa. De Wet...

In conversation with Professor David Kemp

1 May 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
Ted Killan, Vice-Chair of the British Society of Audiology (BSA), caught up with Professor Kemp to discuss his scientific journey over the past 40 years, and what we can expect from OAEs in the future. Prof David T Kemp. In...

Vestibular dysfunction after cochlear implantation in children

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Whilst vestibular dysfunction is a known outcome of cochlear implant surgery, do we know the risk factors associated with this, particularly in children? In this article a team from University of Tokyo discuss their findings. Cochlear implantation (CI) is an...

Management of single-sided deafness in adults: a bone conduction solution

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Single-sided deafness (SSD) presents a limited number of methods for management, and not all of them meet the patient’s expectations. The aim of this article is to set out the available bone-conduction treatment methods for managing single‑sided deafness in adults....

Cochlear implant services matter

27 November 2023
A global survey of deaf and hard of hearing adults has found very high satisfaction rates with cochlear implants (CI).

Temporoparietal fascia flap for blind sac closure

4 March 2024 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Chronic ear disease can be challenging to manage and difficult for patients to live with. In this article, the authors describe their technique for otomastoid obliteration and blind sac closure of the external canal allowing for a more tolerable situation...

How to deliver bad news better

4 March 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Delivering bad news well takes experience and time. The Ida team recommend the SPIKES protocol; providing structure for relaying bad news, giving confidence to those delivering it, and leaving recipients feeling cared for and informed. It’s among the most distressing...

Congenital cytomegalovirus causing deafness in children: an update

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Congenital CMV is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss in children. Keith Trimble draws our attention to this and gives a comprehensive guide on diagnosis and treatment. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is common, affecting 1% of all newborns,...