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Developing ENT and audiology services in Southern Africa (Part 2)

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT
In the last issue of ENT & Audiology News, we heard from retired Professor Christopher Prescott on the challenges faced and progress made made locally to address the inequity and inequality of access to ENT and allied health professional services...

Tackling equivalence in audiology

4 March 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Ros Parker talks about her experience of going through the Scientist Training Programme (STP) equivalence process to register as a clinical scientist with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). She also provides some tips for applying. Professional background After...

Building low-cost high-fidelity simulation for ENT

3 November 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Otology
In this article, the authors describe their ingenious technique to produce affordable yet realistic simulation models for some common ENT procedures. The use of surgical simulation in otolaryngology training has significantly increased in recent years. This is most likely due...

Cambodian otology service – a fellowship with a difference

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Cambodia is a country of 15 million people, still recovering from a chequered past. In the 1970s, under the Khmer Rouge, most of the medical profession, together with the rest of the educated population, was executed – the fortunate few...

Are we making progress on tinnitus?

23 May 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Otology
One of the aspects of tinnitus that drew me into it becoming a major theme of my clinical and research work was how little work had been done when I began to see patients in the mid 1980s. This struck...

Head and neck cancer and PET-CT

1 May 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is an imaging technique in which abnormalities of tissue metabolism are precisely superimposed onto the anatomy. It relies on the premise that malignant cells are more metabolically active compared with non-malignant cells. On this basis,...

Changing perceptions in head and neck cancer management caused by quality of life issues

1 September 2010 | | ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Sir Felix Semon was an outstanding clinician and exceptional laryngologist. The money raised by donations from his colleagues on his retirement in 1909 was used to establish the London University’s Semon Lecture. Semon’s Obituary in the BMJ, reads: “In Semon's...

Taking life by the throat

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Patients suffering with problems with their voice, airway and/or swallowing can find their symptoms immensely distressing, and their care places a huge burden on healthcare systems. We hear from a world-leading laryngologist on current and future directions. Field of interest...

History of photography in otorhinolaryngology in the 19th Century

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-ENT
In this final article of the History of ENT edition, João Clode introduces us to the history of medical photography in the 19th century, giving us some fascinating early examples of otorhinolaryngology photographs. Medical photography – the early years The...

2014: Are today’s implantable devices better than conventional solutions for patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss?

6 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
Patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss become candidates for amplification when reconstructive surgery is not viable. Three common amplification options are conventional acoustic devices, such as behind-the-ear devices (BTEs), (implantable) bone-conduction devices and active middle ear implants. The goal...

Leadership and maximising resources: the view from Brazil and Venezuela

1 September 2019 | | ENTA-ENT
Norma de Oliveira Penido, Priscila Bogar from Brazil and Sajidxa Mariño from Venezuela, leaders in otolaryngology, discuss their career journeys, the advantages and disadvantages they exerienced along the way, and the current state of ENT practice for women in South...

Head and neck robotic surgery – considerations for the surgical trainee

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
In 2021, training in head and neck cancer surgery would be incomplete without some robotic resections under the belt. Henry Zhang explains how he did it and outlines the options available. With a wide range of applications in both benign...