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Gastric inlet patch – an under-diagnosed cause of globus

4 May 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
A gastric inlet patch (GIP) is an island of heterotopic gastric mucosa found commonly in the proximal oesophagus just below the upper oesophageal sphincter. It is often underdiagnosed due to its location. Its importance and clinical relevance can be underestimated...

Digital otoscopy with AI diagnostic support: making diagnosis of ear disease more accessible

2 June 2020 |
Following Carolina Leal’s interview with Prof De Wet Swanepoel on the HearScope system, Spotlight on Innovation asked Dr Jenny Nesgaard Pedersen to review the new AI feature in HearScope system’s capabilities. In the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...

In conversation with Sam Lear, BAA President: leading audiology forward

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Dr Samantha Lear is the current British Academy of Audiology President, and Senior Audiology Policy Advisor at the National Deaf Children’s Society. With reviews ongoing in paediatric audiology in England and Scotland, Sam is ideally placed to lead the profession....
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Assessing post-extubation dysphagia on the intensive care unit

1 November 2019 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | ICU-ASD, ICU-AW, Neuromuscular, Non-instrumental, Sepsis, Swallowing disorder
The incidence of post-extubation dysphagia (PED) is reported to be about 12% in the general ICU population and around 18% in patients admitted to ICU as emergencies. PED was found to be an independent predictor of 28-day and 90-day mortality....

EVOTION: Big data supporting public health policies for hearing loss

1 March 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Otology
Big Data? Biosensors, smart hearing aids and smartphones? The EVOTION Project has it all and more! What will this project tell us about the future of hearing management? Doris-Eva Bamiou, Giorgos Dritsakis and Louisa Murdin, members of the EVOTION team,...

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...

The use of THRIVE in laryngology and phonosurgery

1 May 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The team in Lewisham has been using THRIVE for our phonosurgical cases for about a year. Here, we discuss the pros, cons and potential pitfalls of setting up and using THRIVE as ventilation during anaesthesia rather than using an ML...

Establishing a hearing service and ear hospital in Nepal: the Ear Aid Nepal experience

1 March 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT
Following the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015, the year ended on a positive note with the opening of an ENT hospital in Pokhara. Mike Smith, a UK-born ENT surgeon has been the driving force behind the conception and...

The effects of leisure noise exposure on young people’s hearing

1 January 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
There is growing concern regarding the effects of leisure noise exposure on young people’s auditory system. Information provided by healthcare professionals should be evidence-based; Hannah Keppler discusses some recent findings about hearing in young people. Excessive noise exposure can lead...

Innovation in medical product technologies

2 November 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
There is a point in all innovation projects where the clinician has exhausted their knowledge and needs expert help to create a prototype. Mark Prince, Design Engineer, discusses this phase of the project and how engineers’ analytical thinking brings a...

Speech Testing

4 May 2023 |
Gareth Smith, MSc, AuD,Consultant Clinical Scientist (Audiology), Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, UK. gareth.smith8@nhs.net@garethlsmith How often do patients come to hearing healthcare professionals having noted a difficulty hearing quiet beeps in a silent environment? Rarely? Never? Yet they...

How should we detect and identify deficit-specific auditory processing disorders?

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
The human central auditory nervous system (CANS) is complex and highly dependent upon attention and cognitive brain regions. Profs David Moore and Harvey Dillon discuss novel assessment approaches to clarify auditory contributions to listening difficulties in children. How can we...