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Sleep apnoea in children with craniofacial syndromes

1 May 2015 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Whilst snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea are relatively common diagnoses in paediatric ENT, children with craniofacial syndromes take the problem to the next level. Robert Nash and Michelle Wyatt describe the Great Ormond Street multidisciplinary approach to treating this complex...

International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS): its programmes and impact on head and neck cancer worldwide

1 March 2016 | | ENT, Head and Neck
In the first article of this edition, we introduce IFHNOS, which has created a major impact on the landscape of head and neck cancer treatment and education over the past quarter of a century by offering a global platform amongst...

Harnessing head and neck cancer genomics for personalised medicine

1 March 2016 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Luc Morris updates us on the future of cancer diagnosis and treatment, which lies in “personalised oncology”, where specific molecular alterations of each tumour will be identified, and matched with actionable alterations in existing therapies, ushering in the era of...

Timing of surgery in chronic rhinosinusitis: does it matter?

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
While many patients with chronic rhinosinusitis respond to medical treatment, some do not. The next step for these patients is surgery, but how soon should this be offered? Sooner rather than later seems to be the answer, as Claire Hopkins...

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes): what you need to know

1 January 2017 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Paediatric ENT
As an aid to stopping smoking e-cigarettes may have a role, but they are heavily promoted by industry as a leisure pursuit and desirable fashion accessory. Sneh Biyani and Craig Derkay gives a thorough account of what we know about...

By the people, for the people: a multidisciplinary facial nerve clinic with a difference

30 April 2020 | | ENT
Facial nerve palsy is regularly seen in ENT clinics. Underlying diagnoses are excluded, and the patient is often then discharged to ‘see how it goes’, with or without an ophthalmology referral. Here, Catherine Meller describes how she and her team...

Using tele-audiology in Zambia’s ear and hearing care desert

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Addressing the medical desert with tele-audiology and tele-education. If a ‘medical desert’ is defined as a community that lives more than 60 miles away from the nearest acute care hospital, then try to imagine an appropriate term for a situation...

Sniffing out the evidence – COVID-19 and loss of sense of smell and taste

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19
Louis Pasteur once observed: “In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.” Professor Hopkins was certainly prepared when a few anecdotes of smell problems started to accumulate early in the pandemic’s course. Post-viral olfactory loss is nothing...

Focus on ENT trainees with additional qualifications

1 March 2016 | | ENT
In this Trainee Matters, we focus on ENT trainees with additional qualifications. Eight accomplished trainees tell Emma Stapleton how their achievements have benefitted them both professionally and personally. Their professional achievements have included a National Training Number in ENT, presentations,...

Long-term outcomes of children and young people with cochlear implants

5 June 2017 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Introduction Profound childhood hearing loss has a huge impact on early communication skills, the acquisition of spoken language, and hence on educational attainments and employment prospects. Over the centuries, educators of the deaf attempted to overcome the challenge by using...

Semi implantable bone conduction devices: challenges and developments

6 June 2017 | | Auditory Implants, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Adult, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Bone conduction mechanisms and history of bone conduction aids Bone conduction hearing devices work by stimulating hair cells via the bone conduction hearing pathways. These pathways are less well understood than the air conduction pathways, but recent research has shown...

The effects of hormonal changes across menstrual cycle on high frequency auditory thresholds

1 July 2017 | | Audiology - Adult
Physiological changes during the menstrual cycle are well documented; do these changes extend to the auditory system? Lalsa Shilpa Perepa and Rewa Indurkar delve into the literature to find the evidence. Menstrual cycle refers to a series of changes that...