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Carleton Introduce New 445nm Blue Laser

8 June 2023 | Research & Development, Contracts & Distributors
Carleton Medical are the new UK distributor for the BlueScan ENT 445nm Laser from manufacturer InterMedic.
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Surgical management of permanent facial paralysis

1 July 2019 | | Audiology - Adult | Facial palsy, Facial paralysis, Facial reanimation, Facial reinnervation, Nerve grafting
This article explores the management of flaccid facial palsy focusing on weakness less than one to two years’ duration. As a general rule, primary nerve repair produces the best outcome and should be performed where possible. For long-standing paralysis of...

“It’s paediatric resus calling…”

1 March 2018 | | Bronchoscopy, Airway, Foreign body
This article is one of many within this issue that addresses a variety of ENT emergencies. The article outlined the stepwise process of assessing and managing a child with a suspected foreign body (FB) inhalation. Nuts, seeds and vegetable matter...

Parathyroid pearls

1 March 2017 | | parathyroid surgery, hyperparathyroidism, minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, parathyroid imaging
This article serves to deliver some pearls of wisdom in parathyroid surgery for the ‘low volume parathyroid surgeon’. They have been divided into those relating to the preoperative diagnosis, imaging and localisation techniques and surgical difficulties. Recognised sources of error...

The video head impulse test: an aid to the diagnosis of spinocerebellar ataxias

1 January 2017 | | Friedreich ataxia, Neuro-otology, spinocerebellar ataxia, vestibular function tests, vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)
Spinocerebellar and Friedreich ataxias (SCA and FA) by their nature present in neuro-otology clinics. The diagnosis is ultimately genetic but the authors investigated the characteristics of the VOR using the video head impulse test (vHIT) in order to distinguish between...

Factors affecting hearing aid recommendations

1 September 2015 |
There is a wide variety of hearing instruments available to the hearing impaired. Hearing care professionals are often confronted with making decisions on which to recommend based on audiometric and non-audiometric parameters (e.g. vision, manual dexterity and vanity). The factors...

Prophylactic swallowing exercises in head and neck cancer

1 May 2015 |
Clinicians working in head and neck cancer will be familiar with the increased interest in prophylactic swallowing exercises to reduce the devastating impact of dysphagia experienced by patients undergoing radiation or chemo-radiation therapy. This study from Denmark is one of...

Simulation: human factors scenario training

1 January 2014 | | ENT
It is said that surgical training has suffered as a result of a combination of factors – through the introduction of work time restrictions such as the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) [1], a limit on the number of years...

How cognition influences hearing aid use

26 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Neurotology
Introduction Hearing aids are designed to provide amplification for individuals with poor auditory sensitivity. Signal processing algorithms are designed and implemented in hearing aids to further enhance speech intelligibility and to improve listening comfort by attenuating unwanted background noise. Sarampalis...

Getting started in research

10 March 2023 | | Audiology - Adult
Dave had a passion for research and was very encouraging in developing a research interest in others. Bhavisha and Amanda are currently working with a team of researchers, patients, research funders, the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, to develop the 2023-2028 UK Action Plan for Hearing loss and Tinnitus Research - a set of recommendations to grow hearing research in the UK. Here, they discuss their journey to hearing care research and how you could get involved in the world of research.

The Surgical Skills Centre in BACO 2018: pride of place

1 January 2018 | | ENT
Simulation in medical training is gaining prominence with every passing year, and BACO will have a large space showcasing this area. We hear from the organisers. In recognition of the developing importance of simulation in surgical training, BACO 2018 has...

Fall prevention in the elderly population

5 July 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, 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.