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Hearing protectors and speech perception

1 May 2015 | | Hearing protection devices, learning effect, speech intelligibility, speech intelligibility impact level, speech reception threshold
This study tested 31 subjects using hearing protectors by maintaining a constant intensity level for the speech signal while varying background noise levels. The goal was to use this test to detect speech perceptual abilities under different hearing protectors –...

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence: transmastoid obliteration

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, ENT, Head and Neck, Vestibular Disorders, Otology
Sometimes patients with dizziness turn out to have slightly more unusual causes of their problem. Thomas Milner and Georgios Kontorinis describe their technique for managing patients who have a diagnosis of superior canal dehiscence as an identified cause of their...

TWJ Fellowship – Toronto 2015: Endoscopic Ear Surgery

1 May 2016 | | ENT, Otology
The Thomas Wickham Jones (TWJ) Foundation is a charitable trust with the aim of helping patients with deafness overcome their disability. Striving to achieve this goal they provide educational grants to otolaryngologists and other related audiological professionals working within the...

European funding for the tinnitus research network TINNET

25 May 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Tinnitus
Over 70 million people in Europe experience tinnitus, and for seven million it creates a debilitating condition. Severe tinnitus is often associated with depression, anxiety and insomnia, resulting in an enormous socio-economic impact [1]. It has been estimated that 13...

Access to and uptake of cochlear implants in the UK

1 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, ENT, Auditory Implants, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Assessing demands on cochlear implant (CI) services is very important for both commissioners and clinicians in anticipating clinical need and funding requirements. Commercial CI’s were introduced in the late 1980s. Initial funding was from charitable sources. The first major advance...

Untangling the emotional and physiological aspects of hyperacusis

1 January 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Tinnitus
In hyperacusis, the physiological and the emotional aspects can become deeply entwined. Dr Sarah Theodoroff draws us into her perspectives on this important aspect of the condition. Background Sounds and Emotions The basic act of hearing sounds triggers an emotional...

Noise monitoring on a smartphone

1 March 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
“The smartphone has more computing power than was used to put the first man on the moon.” Robert Eikelboom discusses the potential of the smartphone as an effective noise monitoring device. Noise exposure and public health Excessive exposure to noise...

100,000 Genomes Project: in conversation with Tess Lopez

1 July 2021 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
For Jul/Aug 2021, ENT & Audiology News features several contributions from the 100,000 Genomes Project, and Tess Lopez very kindly agreed to talk to me about her involvement with the project, as well as sharing her personal experiences of having...

Developing ENT and audiology services in Southern Africa (Part 2)

6 January 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, ENT
In the last issue of ENT & Audiology News, we heard from retired Professor Christopher Prescott on the challenges faced and progress made made locally to address the inequity and inequality of access to ENT and allied health professional services...

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

4 July 2024 | | 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...

Surgeons and swearing

1 July 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck
We will all know colleagues who have raised the act of swearing to an art form; just as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It could cut a workmate in half with a well-placed swear word, surgeons can be equally...

In conversation with Duncan Boak, founder of Fifth Sense

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Anosmia Our sense of smell is something we take for granted – but imagine if it wasn’t there… We see many patients who struggle with anosmia, but perhaps don’t always appreciate how much of an effect it has on their...