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Current update on vestibular and balance disorders in children

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Vestibular and balance disorders in children with hearing loss often go unrecognised. This article describes the significant impact such disorders have on the various aspects of children’s development. Vestibular and balance disorders occur in the paediatric population but can go...

The future of audiology rehabilitation? Smartphone apps to collect real-world experiences and support clinical decision-making

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is gaining momentum in the world of connected hearing healthcare and real-world assessment. Barbra Timmer explains how EMA will play a key role in transforming the information that clinicians use in decision-making and measuring outcomes. Did...

Otological problems in musicians

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Musicians are understandably anxious about their hearing, and recent high-profile cases of noise-related hearing loss have resulted in huge changes in the music industry. Chris Aldren (otologist and violinist) explains. In the recent Oscar-winning movie, Sound of Metal, heavy metal...

Intratympanic treatments for subjective idiopathic tinnitus

24 May 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Tinnitus
Direct application of medication into the ear is long established, going back as far as written records. In the modern era, greater understanding of aural anatomy revealed that drugs instilled in the middle ear could potentially diffuse into the cochlea...

Privacy and security in connected hearing healthcare

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Covid-19, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced audiology services across the globe to find new ways of working. This has resulted in a rapid increase in the uptake of remote care and, with it, some new privacy and security considerations. Connected hearing...

Audiology in this issue...Autism

3 May 2022 |
Alex Griffiths-Brown, BSc(Hons), MRes, Audiologist, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK. E: alex.griffiths-brown@nhs.netTwitter: @griffithsbrown1 As audiology professionals, we will work with a wide variety of patients with different priorities, life experiences and challenges. Patients with autism spectrum...

Clinical WG1. Establishing a standard for tinnitus: patient assessment and characterisation

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Rilana Cima and Haúla Haider introduce an ambitious pan-European collaboration that seeks to establish guidelines for achieving best clinical practice for managing, assessing and treating patients with different tinnitus profiles. Tinnitus heterogeneity is the major reason for inconsistent results in...

‘Want an upgrade?’ Moral distress in audiology

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Ethical practice in audiology has become a hot topic in recent years, particularly in the independent sector where sales can be linked to commissions. Andrea Simpson has explored this issue in her research and shares her insight into the drivers...

Kuduwave™ testing aboard the ISS

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
What does it take to make an audiometer and tympanometry ready for the space age? In a recent interview, Jillian Scotland and Dirk Koekemoer shared their first-hand experience of getting the Kuduwave ready for a voyage to the ISS. It...

HearAdvisor’s scientific and consumer-friendly approach to evaluating hearing aids

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
An ageing population means more hearing aid users. The authors of this article describe their techniques for independently assessing prescription and over-the-counter hearing aids in an acoustic laboratory. As the role of consumers in the hearing aid purchasing decision continues...

Managing sustainability

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Planetary health needs to be addressed at a societal level for any meaningful impact to occur. As the global director of sustainability for a law firm, Marion Palmer provides an overview of the responsibilities of corporate organisations for both a...

Securing the future of ENT in the UK

1 November 2017 |
A career in otolaryngology is fascinating, fulfilling and fun, but how do we convince our potential successors? Jay Doshi, Asad Qayyum, Bradley Storey and Tom Milner outline the fantastic efforts to showcase ENT throughout the UK. Student and foundation doctors...