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In conversation with AAA President, Jackie Clark

1 January 2018 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Jackie Clark, PhD, is a clinical audiologist, professor of audiology, and researcher. She is also the new President of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA). While on an annual working trip to South Africa, Jackie answered a few questions about...

Re-establishing ENT services in Liberia after three decades

4 September 2023 | | ENT
Liberia is a country located on the West African coast bordered by Guinea, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 1821, it is Africa’s oldest modern republic and was established on land acquired for freed US slaves by the...

Singing after laryngectomy: Shout at Cancer

1 September 2016 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Thomas Moors is an ENT junior doctor with a background in music and singing. Combining these interests, he has set up a charity to help patients who have had a laryngectomy. He has achieved considerable public attention, and he tells...

An update on laryngeal reinnervation

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Laryngeal paralysis remains very difficult to treat, but reinnervation offers many attractions. Laryngeal paralysis presents a unique and varied problem that requires a patient centred approach and a range of treatment options depending on laryngeal and patient factors. There is...

Laryngotracheal stenosis

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Airway stenosis has been an enormous challenge to laryngologists since the dawn of the sub-specialty. Careful evaluation is essential, as this will determine the best treatment. We hear more from one of the UK’s leading airway centres. Until the advent...

Addressing ear and hearing care through task sharing: the Malawian experience

27 February 2020 | | ENT, Otology, Audiology - Diagnostic
How can ear and hearing care be addressed in a setting with limited resources? Wakisa Mulwafu, Chris Prescott and Johan Fagan present an innovative model for training ear surgery technicians to perform endoscopic myringoplasty under local anaesthesia on a large...

Bringing ear care and hearing services to the hardest to reach: the potential of primary healthcare workers

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Otology
Can workers from the local community plug the workforce gap in providing ear and hearing care? Bringing ear and hearing care services closer to the community remains a key component of reducing the burden of ear and hearing conditions across...

The European School of Interdisciplinary Tinnitus

1 May 2018 | | Vestibular Disorders
Scientific careers in tinnitus are expanding beyond any single discipline to embrace interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange. Natalia Trpchevska and Christopher R Cederroth present an overview of an innovative EU-funded training programme called the ‘European School of Interdisciplinary Tinnitus’, and...

Inter-professional teamwork and hearing care for older adults with cognitive loss

27 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult
There is growing awareness that hearing loss is linked to dementia [1]. The average first-time hearing aid user is about 70 years old. By this age, approximately 1 in 2 people have hearing loss and 1 in 7 have cognitive...

Lyric 24/7 hearing: could it help those with tinnitus?

1 November 2014 | | Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
About Lyric Hearing Since its launch in 2008, Lyric represents the first and only device of its kind establishing a new category of hearing solution: 24/7 extended wear. Lyric is placed several millimetres within the ear canal, near the tympanic...

What’s hidden in hidden hearing loss?

1 March 2018 | | Audiology - Diagnostic
In order to truly understand the many key aspects of acquired sensorineural hearing loss, the role of cochlear synaptopathy or ‘hidden hearing loss’ must be considered. Dan Guo and Sharon Kujawa review and summarise what we know to date, including...

EVOTION: Big data supporting public health policies for hearing loss

1 March 2018 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Otology
Big Data? Biosensors, smart hearing aids and smartphones? The EVOTION Project has it all and more! What will this project tell us about the future of hearing management? Doris-Eva Bamiou, Giorgos Dritsakis and Louisa Murdin, members of the EVOTION team,...