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The role of objective measures and imaging to optimise cochlear implant outcomes

1 September 2017 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Should we be using new or novel objective measures and imaging to assist with our cochlear implant patients? Debi Vickers and Shak Saeed describe current clinical techniques and present advances that have the potential to optimise outcomes. Introduction It is...

The ear-brain connection: the role of cognition in neural speech processing

26 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Neurotology
Audiologists and other hearing healthcare professionals have become increasingly interested in the importance of cognitive function in the assessment and management of hearing loss, especially in light of evidence suggesting a link between hearing loss and cognitive decline in older...

Bringing ear care and hearing services to the hardest to reach: the potential of primary healthcare workers

4 May 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Otology
Can workers from the local community plug the workforce gap in providing ear and hearing care? Bringing ear and hearing care services closer to the community remains a key component of reducing the burden of ear and hearing conditions across...

Triple semicircular canal occlusion and Meniere’s disease: a rising alternative treatment?

7 January 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Patients with dizziness form a large part of the workload for ENT surgeons. In the overwhelming majority of cases, management will be medical and successful. However, occasionally some patients present a challenge when they have not responded to conventional treatments....

Breaking barriers in Uganda: the story of Elaine Mukaaya

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
More than 9% of sub-Saharan Africa’s one billion people live with disabling hearing loss, with children having among the highest rates of childhood hearing loss in the world [1]. Sadly, in concordance with the inverse care law – proposed by...

What does functional neuroimaging tell us about tinnitus?

24 May 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Imaging, ENTA-Neurotology, ENTA-Tinnitus
One of the most common causes of tinnitus is noise exposure, be that either cumulative day-to-day exposure over a lifetime or experience of acute noise trauma such as a loud concert or shooting incident. Observational data indicate that up to...

Nuclear heads – and necks

1 May 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Imaging of the extra-cranial head and neck is challenging due to the anatomic complexity of the region. CT, MRI and ultrasonography (US) are amongst the most frequently utilised radiological modalities in head and neck imaging but do not always provide...

Aetiology, investigation and acute management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
The cause of a single sided sensorineural hearing loss has a wide variety of aetiologies. This review, by Edwin Halliday, looks specifically at the differential diagnostic causes of a sudden sensorineural hearing loss, the relevant investigations and the management should...

In conversation with Liam M Flood: Middlesbrough (M for Michael? ...nope, Martin!)

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
Liam Flood. With a name such as Liam you must have some ‘Irish blood’? Where does your family come from? Tell us more? (What did your old man / mum do?) Some Irish blood? Those who know me well would...

First UK hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant in the treatment for moderate to severe OSA

25 April 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea has been treated in many different ways over the years. We hear from Yakubu Karagama about one of the latest surgical developments. Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is by far the most common sleep disorder, affecting all...

In conversation with Harvey Coates

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Indigenous health would remain a Cinderella part of our speciality were it not for the work of a few outstanding pioneers. Kelvin Kong speaks to one of them: Professor Harvey Coates AO. Harvey Coates is a paediatric otolaryngologist and clinical...

ENT in the Balkans

6 November 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
Shining a light on ENT in the Balkans, Metin Önerci explains the population and challenges in this part of the world. There is no universal agreement on what constitutes the Balkans. However, the following countries are usually included: Albania, Bosnia...