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BAA Annual Conference 2024

21 November 2024 -22 November 2024 | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Tinnitus, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
You are invited to join the BAA on November 21 and 22 at the Telford International Centre for our 20th annual conference and exhibition. We are delighted to have clinical leaders and expert research professionals providing clinic-changing presentations across a wide range of audiology topics

Booklet-based supervised vs. non-supervised vestibular rehabilitation

8 January 2024 | | Neurotology, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders | Dizziness, physiotherapy, vertigo, vestibular disorder, vestibular rehabilitation therapy
There are conflicting results in the literature about home-based vestibular rehabilitation training (VRT) as opposed to physiotherapist-led training. A randomised controlled trial was designed to interrogate this further. The primary aim was to assess “the effects of a booklet-based exercise...

The vestibular system is not immune to chronic otitis media

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-Vestibular Disorders | Otitis media, dizziness, postural balance, vertigo, vestibular function tests
It is well recognised that chronic otitis media (COM) is a risk factor for sensorineural hearing loss. Studies on the effect of COM on vestibular function have been beset by design biases. The authors designed a case control study to...

Is virtual reality the future of vestibular rehabilitation?

1 September 2019 | | Neurotology, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders | Vertigo, Virtual Reality, vestibular rehabilitation
The use of virtual reality (VR) in vestibular rehabilitation is gaining some popularity but availability is hampered by cost. One VR system in use in some centres is the Hybrid VR unit which incorporates motion trackers and force platforms. This...
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Dizziness questionnaire and telemedicine during Covid pandemic

8 January 2024 | | Neurotology, Otology, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders, COVID-19 | Communication, Diagnosis, Dizziness, Surveys and questionnaires, Telemedicine
During the initial phases of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, delivery of ENT care adapted significantly. Kaleva et al present their findings of telephone balance consultations during the pandemic with a randomised prospective study utilising a dizziness questionnaire in West...

DP Medical secures DIFRA Instrumentation distribution deal for UK and Ireland

24 July 2023 | Contracts & Distributors
Leading healthcare supplier, DP Medical Systems Ltd, has been named as the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for DIFRA Instrumentation – one of the world’s leading creators of diagnostic balance disorder equipment.

Supporting patients with chronic dizziness and investing in vestibular research

13 September 2021 | Research & Development
The Ménière’s Society is the UK’s leading vestibular charity. Their team is available to help patients access reliable information, source a vestibular specialist or talk to someone who understands what they’re going through.

Cyclops Medtech partners with Hypatia Specialist Clinics

30 October 2021 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors
Cyclops Medtech is partnering with Hypatia Specialist Clinics to provide vestibular diagnostic and therapeutic solutions throughout the United Kingdom and parts of Europe.

Leading and managing audiology service through a social enterprise model

29 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
As these things sometimes happen, our first conversations about Social Enterprise happened pretty much by chance and in our case were a by-product of discussions about a new department having outgrown the current one. The National Health Service (NHS) Audiology...

Enhancing performance and well-being for surgeons: the science of life coaching

3 September 2024 |
Life coaching has emerged as a powerful personal and professional development tool, particularly for individuals navigating high-stakes environments. Life coaching emphasises self-awareness, self-management and self-efficacy, including establishing desired outcomes, goal setting and developing skills and action plans to achieve them....

New challenges ahead for the hearing aid industry

1 November 2014
Technological advancements empower the world to hear In an increasing age of connectivity, the hearing aid industry is headed into new territory. Previously, to wear hearing aids was simply a mark of ageing. Now hearing aids are smarter and, as...

ENT in this issue...The Future of ENT (Mar/Apr19)

8 March 2019 |
Chris CoulsonENT Surgeon; Managing Director of endoscope-i E: chris@endoscope-i.com The future, predict it at your peril’, said me – just now. But despite this (rather late) warning, we have managed to commission five articles from futurists within our midst. The...