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Why and how to assess digital literacy of older adults with hearing loss

4 July 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Assessing digital literacy in older adults with hearing loss is vital for equitable care. The new DL-2Q tool quickly measures such skills, ensuring tailored support and better outcomes. Digital literacy and its importance When an older patient walks into your...

Harnessing social networks - connecting the global paediatric ENT community

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Hannah Burns radiates enthusiasm and commitment to improving communications across geographical and political boundaries. When the pandemic hit in 2020, she took to social media to share her thoughts and offered a forum for colleagues. In the midst of the...

Middle ear reconstruction in children: why, when and how

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Every ear in every child is different. Rob Nash discusses the rationale behind reconstructive ear surgery in children and his philosophy on timing and techniques of reconstruction. It is rare for middle ear pathologies to be life threatening. Indeed, it...

Assessment of genetic disorders: congenital sensorineural hearing loss

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Genetics, ENTA-Otology
Severe or profound sensorineural hearing impairment (SNHI) is a common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 1000 newborns [1]. SNHI may result from environmental causes or have a genetic basis. The genetic causes can be further subdivided into non-syndromic (isolated...

Cochlear implant care: putting patients in charge

1 September 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Otology
Should patients take charge of their own cochlear implant care? Helen Cullington presents a compelling case that will provoke discussion in implant centres. Around 1400 people receive a cochlear implant in the UK each year. Patients require lifetime annual follow-up...

Aerosol research and performance

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Covid-19
Is singing safe? This was a question asked around the world at the start of the pandemic in early 2020. Natalie Watson and Chris Orton tell us about a rapidly-convened research group that led to profound changes in UK Government...

Loss of smell after COVID-19: a view from the patient forums

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-Covid-19
Patient advocate, Chrissi Kelly, founder of AbScent, talks about how the pandemic has changed the way we think about smell loss. The high prevalence of chemosensory impairment as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has shone a much-needed spotlight on...

The Brain’s Connectome – a symphony inside our brains and how hearing loss disturbs the music

1 May 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Neurotology
Understand us; where do we begin? In this article the authors’ introduce a project that may uncover that our personalities and traits are a product of the interconnected wiring within our brain. The team discusses the Human Connectome Project and...

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...

Endoscopic stapes surgery

14 April 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Traditionally middle ear surgery, including stapes surgery, has been performed using the operating microscope. In this article the authors describe their experience with endoscopic middle surgery and share some of its advantages. Trans-canal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is now a...

In conversation with Robin Youngs

1 November 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Members of ENT UK (The British Association of Otolaryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons) have a long tradition of humanitarian work in countries in Africa and Asia (see article with Professor Davis Howard in previous issue for example). The ENT...

Panetti Endoscopic Ear Instruments

1 July 2017 | | ENTA-Otology
Giuseppe Panetti is a renowned otologist and one of the forerunners of endoscopic ear surgery. One of his major contributions to ENT has been through designing bespoke equipment to assist in some of the challenges of operating endoscopically. In this...