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Hearing loss and cognition: something to think about

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Irace, Chern and Golub propose causal and non-causal mechanisms for the links between hearing loss and dementia, concluding with a discussion of several proactive measures available to help preserve neurocognitive health in older adults with hearing loss. What is age-related...

Alternobaric vertigo: asymmetrical vestibular function due to asymmetrical middle ear pressures (Iron Man’s archenemy)

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
The Marvel Cinematic Universe could certainly be deemed an ‘extreme environment’ and yet very rarely do we see the Avenger’s popping to the clinic for a check-up. Hee-Young Kim has wondered how they cope with extreme pressure changes and discusses...

Personal perspective of a hearing aid user: In conversation with Alistair Cruickshank

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Alistair Cruickshank explains how he has embraced technological changes to improve his day-to-day listening experiences as a hearing aid user. He explains the importance of experimenting and trying out different approaches and how much he values working closely with his...

The preventative audiologist

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Rob Shepheard has been championing the role of ‘the preventative audiologist’ for many years. In this article, he explores how that can be achieved.

Big data and the future of cochlear implant aftercare

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
With a million people using cochlear implants worldwide, the time is right for us to harness this vast data for patient benefit. Every day, cochlear implant (CI) processors quietly collect data: how long they’re worn, how often users switch programs...

A quick and simple approach to correcting the deviated nasal septum

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Nasal septal surgery is a very common procedure that we tend to learn as junior trainees. Most of us still find that we have a lot to learn with every deviated septum that we encounter. There is a range of...

Leaving an impression – OTOSCAN ear scanning solution

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Every person has uniquely-shaped ears that continue to grow over time. Making an accurate reproduction of the ear is an important part of delivering a customised ear product. From the early 1950s, this was achieved using a paste which set...

AUDIOLOGY - In conversation with Dr Jerry Northern

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
Gareth Smith chats with Dr Jerry Northern and learns about his fascination with Mount Everest, the legendary Marion Downs and his unique career in audiology… Jerry with the legendary Marion Downs. Tell us about your background, how did you come...

Fibre-delivered transoral laser surgery – description of a novel technique

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Head & Neck
Transoral flexible laser surgery refers to the use of a fibre-delivered laser for laryngeal procedures via direct laryngoscopy. We hear of a novel innovation. The continuous development of instruments to perform endoscopic procedures for treatment of laryngotracheal pathology – among...

Running a post-COVID smell clinic

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Over the past year, much of our effort as a speciality has been directed towards crisis management and keeping services afloat. Our practice has changed in untold ways, but unprecedented numbers of patients with smell disorders will increasingly require our...

Hearing rehabilitation after vestibular schwannoma surgery

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Hearing rehabilitation is a key focus of the management of patients with vestibular schwannoma. But how do we rehabilitate hearing when the cochlear nerve has been damaged by tumour, irradiation, or resective surgery? Mathieu Trudel, Scott Rutherford and Simon Lloyd...

Multi-channel cochlear implants: past, present and future

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
Forty years since the first multi-channel devices were implanted, who better than Ingeborg Hochmair, who has been a key figure throughout their evolution, to offer her thoughts on the past, present and future of multi-channel cochlear implants? Read on for...