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Frequency Compression – is there a benefit?

1 March 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants | Frequency compression, auditory acclimatization, cognition, sensorineural hearing loss, speech perception
The goal of this study was to investigate whether frequency compression (FC) hearing aids provide more benefit than conventional hearing aids. Twelve experienced hearing aid users 65-84 years of age with moderate to severe high frequency hearing loss wore the...

Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) in posterior laryngitis

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-ENT | Posterior laryngitis, Laryngo-pharyngeal reflux, Motilin, Functional gastrointestinal disorder, Health-related quality of life
The authors of this study investigated the prevalence of acid reflux in the proximal oesophagus and functional gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with posterior laryngitis. They analysed plasma motilin as well as health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaires before and after...
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Otologic and Lateral Skull Base Trauma

4 March 2024 | | ENTA-Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Skull Base Surgery
Otologic and Lateral Skull Base Trauma is a unique textbook that offers the reader a detailed yet efficient overview of all manner of complications following lateral skull base trauma. Whilst the content focuses primarily on neurotological injury, pertinently, it also...
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Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices - Second Edition

5 January 2022 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Otology
This is a detailed resource for hearing-related healthcare professionals. It comprehensively addresses various aspects of cochlear implant care across 22 very readable chapters. Three of these chapters are new in this second edition; including single-sided deafness, auditory neuropathy, and the...
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XI IAPO Manual of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
The XI IAPO Manual of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology is a very useful resource for all practitioners working in an ENT-related field that wish to be kept informed of the latest research and development in paediatric ENT. This is published by the...

Surgical Paediatric Otolaryngology, Second Edition

1 January 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
This is a well-written and illustrated surgical atlas of paediatric otolaryngology by authors who are senior and experienced paediatric otolaryngology head and neck surgeons working at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. This text is a comprehensive...

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To skip directly to features, click the links below: Welcome from the editor - by Prof Claire Hopkins Real-life experience in using biologic therapies in the management of CRS with nasal polyps - by Eugenio de Corso Sinus surgery in...
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The future of fall detection

7 January 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Falls are a major global health burden. According to the World Health Organization, they are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, with adults older than 65 at the greatest risk of a fatal fall. For every death...

BLA Presidency transfers from Mark Watson to Guri Sandhu

8 June 2021
The BLA welcomed Guri Sandhu as incoming President from 1 May 2021. Guri Sandhu is a founding member of the BLA and current President of the Laryngology & Rhinology section at the RSM. He is a Consultant Otolaryngologist and Head...

Public health planning for hearing impairment (2017)

1 November 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
In 2009 Professor Andrew Smith and Dr Daksha Patel identified the need for awareness of public health methods in hearing healthcare planning. In 2010 the first training course was held, and since then 760 health workers from 41 countries have...

Innovative approaches to treating deafness

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Shahar Taiber and Karen Avraham give us a summary of gene therapies for hearing loss, with an overview of limitations and what the future holds. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder. The last two decades have seen a...

Tinnitus in middle-age: prevalence and incidence

1 March 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Tinnitus
Population-based studies of tinnitus provide crucial underpinning evidence which highlights the need for further research on the effective diagnosis and clinical management of this heterogenous condition. Furthermore, such studies provide evidence of the burden of this condition both on the...