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Fall prevention in the elderly population
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.Audiology and speech language pathology programmes in India: an overview of education and career opportunities
This article is provided by Lalsa Shilpa Perepa, a Clinical Audiologist who started her audiology career in India. Audiology and speech language pathology (ASLP) courses in India are offered by various colleges and institutes that are affiliated with different universities...BCIG: Roundtable - Returning to the CI clinic
14 July 2020
On 23rd of June 2020, BCIG organised a virtual round table. 5 UK CI Specialists chatted to the BCIG Chair Helen Cullington about infection control and face...
CIs and the elderly
1 November 2014
| Badr Eldin Mostafa
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ENTA - ENT
Although cochlear implantation (CI) is thought to be a predominantly paediatric procedure, more and more adults are candidates for cochlear implants. This retrospective study was performed on 80 adults aged above 50 who were implanted for at least nine months....
Adult hearing screening: consideration for a holistic model
14 June 2017
| Catherine McMahon, Julie Schneider, Bamini Gopinath
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ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Background Adult-onset hearing impairment is a highly prevalent and undertreated chronic problem that poses a significant burden of disease worldwide [1]. It is usually gradual and diagnosed and managed approximately 10 years after adults have first experienced hearing difficulties [2]....
Cochlear implants in the over 80s
5 July 2022
| Aaron SJ Ferguson
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ENTA - Auditory Implants, Neurotology
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Cochlear implantation, Cost-effectiveness, Elderly, Speech discrimination, Survival duration
The UK has an ageing population. Seven percent of the over 80s population have bilateral severe to profound hearing loss which can lead to associated negative outcomes (social isolation, depression and reduced quality of life). Cochlear implantation (CI) can successfully...
How can we improve outcomes for patients with acute vestibular neuritis?
Vestibular neuritis is a common disorder that can leave up to 50% of patients with persistent vertigo symptoms for months to years following the acute insult. Often their first contact with ENT or balance specialists is many months after the...
How to train adults with single-sided deafness and cochlear implants
1 November 2019
| Kerri Millward
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
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Auditory training, Cochlear implant, Rehabilitation, Single-sided Deafness, Unilateral deafness
Cochlear implantation (CI) in patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) has been carried out in Perth, Australia from 2008. It poses challenges to clinicians and patients who are trying to tune in the poorer ear while still having a normally hearing...
A novel scale for the assessment of tracheoesophageal voice quality – the SToPS
1 November 2019
| Christopher Burgess
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Neurotology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
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Alaryngeal voice, Laryngectomy, Perceptual voice, Surgical voice restoration, Voice assessment
There is currently no assessment tool in widespread use that permits a valid and reliable perceptual assessment of voice quality following laryngectomy. Such a scale is needed to investigate the functional outcomes of surgical voice restoration and rehabilitation regimes. Existing...
Socially appropriate part II: therapy for people with TBI
1 September 2019
| Anna Volkmer
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
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Social communication, pragmatics, speech-language pathology, traumatic brain injury, treatment
Social communication is a complex behaviour comprising social and cognitive communication skills. Providing speech and language therapy (SLT) interventions for people with social communication difficulties following traumatic brain injury (TBI) requires the clinician to understand how ingredients from an evidence-based...
Do steroids improve outcome in acute vestibular neuritis?
1 September 2019
| Victor Osei-Lah
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Neurotology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
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Corticosteroids, vestibular neuritis, vestibular rehabilitation therapy
The role of steroids in short and long-term recovery from acute vestibular neuritis has been a subject of debate for several years. The authors reported findings of a prospective randomised trial in 60 adult patients. Inclusion criteria were acute vertigo...
Third-party disability in cochlear implantation
10 March 2023
| Charlotte Rogers
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ENTA - Auditory Implants, Otology
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Hearing loss, cochlear implant, significant others, third party disability
The authors of this study note significant third-party disability experienced by significant others (SO) or communication partners of persons with hearing impairment (PHI). The study explored contextual and psychosocial factors for successful auditory rehabilitation, advocating for the importance of including...
