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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...

Detecting hearing loss in the military: are the current methods adequate?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
A team at the University of Southampton have been funded by the Ministry of Defence to investigate how to improve the assessment of auditory fitness for duty in the UK Armed Forces. Matt Blyth talks us through the current methods...

Moving forward for better communication for the Deaf and hard of hearing – Wavefront Centre

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Now more than ever, guaranteeing accessibility and inclusion is a vital need for people of all abilities. The Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility in Vancouver, BC, is a model on to how to effectively address these issues and serve the...

Microgravity: an extreme environment for otolith organs

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Motion sickness in a car can be upsetting for all involved. Transferring this concept into a tiny cabin bound for space could have devastating consequences. Are the processes involved in ‘space motion sickness’ the same as motion sickness? How do...

Head and neck cancer deaths to cost $535 billion by 2030

3 March 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
More than 500,000 people across the globe will die this year from head and neck cancer, which is the sixth most common cancer in the world and comprises malignancies of the nose, mouth, throat, larynx, and neck. Assuming current trends...

In conversation with Professor Valentina Parma, Head of GCCR

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Smell has long been regarded as the Cinderella of the senses, oft neglected by clinicians, the research community and lay public. The Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research looks to change all that. Our roving reporter, Abigail Walker, talks to its...

From ‘patients’ to ‘participants’: a career in audiological research

26 June 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Melanie Lough is a clinical audiologist-turned-research audiologist and, in this article, we hear about how she applies her transferable skills gained in audiology to her current role and future aspirations. Career background My route into audiology was unconventional to say...

Wilde and the foundations of medical epidemiology

26 June 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
William Wilde (father of Oscar) was renowned as an otologist, but less well known for his work in epidemiology. The bedrock of the modern discipline of public health is good data collection, and we hear from our good friend, Ray...

Central auditory changes in SNHL

1 May 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Otology
Robert Harrison discusses some of the most obvious ways in which cochlear hearing loss has central consequences. It is convenient to classify hearing loss according to the most obvious site of lesion, for example, conductive, cochlear, retro-cochlear, or central hearing...

What’s new in implantable devices? New indications in cochlear implantation

1 May 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
For over 40 years, cochlear implant procedures have steadily increased. Outcomes for patients are improving as a result of modified surgical techniques, a wider portfolio of electrode arrays, advances in programming strategies, access to improved technology and a better understanding...

Development and review of a blended service in response to COVID-19

7 January 2021 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-Audiology - Adult
The COVID-19 pandemic has required healthcare services globally to show both resilience and ingenuity in redesigning services to meet the ever-changing needs of our patients. We hear about the redevelopment of clinical pathways within an hearing implant service, and the...

Across the pond: a tale of two fellowships

1 September 2016 | | ENTA-ENT
Where in the world is Halifax? Many outside of Canada have never heard of the Maritime Canadian town of Halifax. Before leaving to start a year-long fellowship there, we both had to answer many questions from family and friends about...