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Speech perception in the ageing population

1 October 2018 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | hearing loss, inhibitory control, presbycusis, speech perception, speech-in-noise, syntactic complexity
Speech perception can present a challenge as we grow older. One of the factors responsible is, of course, hearing loss. Now research indicates that other non-auditory factors like cognitive decline may also contribute to difficulties in understanding speech. The authors...
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Improving palliative care training for speech pathologists

1 October 2018 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | palliative care, preparedness, speech pathology
There has been a steady increase in the number of people with swallowing, communication and cognitive disorders requiring palliative care. They require specialised, and complex care. This study tries to find out whether speech language pathologists are adequately trained to...
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Let the maths do the talking for word-finding difficulties

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Anomia (word-finding difficulties) can arise when a person has a stroke, dementia or other neurological disorder affecting the left (typically) hemisphere of the brain. There are lots of theories underlying the process of word retrieval, many of which have not...
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Forensic Audiology: A Guide for the Expert Witness

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Forensic Audiology by Robert and Krista Traynor sets out to guide audiologists through their role as expert witnesses, with a clear focus on legal processes. However, the content is heavily weighted towards the US judicial system, detailing American courtroom structures,...

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 –...

Audiology Training – Time to change our Spots? A student’s perspective of the Scientist Training Programme

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
In the “Just-so Stories”, the accomplished wordsmith Rudyard Kipling details how the leopard got his spots. Which concludes that the leopard will never change his appearance again as he is quite content just the way he is. The former degree...

Introduction to virtual healthcare job interviews

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - General
What’s the best way to run a video job interview? Matthew Wu and Elliott Kozin provide some top tips – both for interviewer and interviewee. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every aspect of society. For the foreseeable future,...

Soundscapes of Zimbabwe: healing a nation one ear at a time

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
We hear about the life, vision and legacy of Dr Clemence Chidziva — the surgeon transforming ear and hearing care into a new wonder of Zimbabwe. Dr Clemence Chidziva. Tucked in the heart of Southern Africa, landlocked and bordered by...

Mindfulness and tinnitus: a path to peace in the present

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Tinnitus
How does training the mind to be present in the here and now help patients with troublesome tinnitus? James Jackson discusses mindfulness and its place in tinnitus management. Although definitions can be more complex, tinnitus is the perception of sound...

Scientific advances in mapping syndromic hearing loss

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
From more than 22000 genes that we humans have, approximately 3000 genes are associated with human communication. There are tens of syndromes which have been identified to be accompanied by hearing loss. Disorders of almost every organ of the body...

Development of the iAudiometer™

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Why the iAudiometer™? We have developed six versions of a new software called iAudiometer™ that performs an array of different audiometric tests using an iPad with standard transducers (TDH-39 headphones, B-71 BC, aural domes, or inserts) (Figure 1; Table 1)....

A multidisciplinary approach to the management of the adult balance - dizzy patient

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Richard Gans and Kimberly Rutherford, renowned experts from The American Institute of Balance, give their team’s overview of the stages involved in reaching ‘diagnosis based strategies’. For the dizzy patient, this focuses on patient-centred clinical pathways for individualised therapy with...