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OBITUARY: Bernard Colman (1924-2020)

15 September 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Bernard Colman at his leaving party at the old Radcliffe infirmary in 1989, which was his retirement year. Born above a corner shop in Wolverhampton on 17 October 1924, Bernard Colman entered Wolverhampton Grammar School in 1933 but left early...

Wireless bone conduction headphones – Aftershokz Wireless Trekz Titanium

20 September 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Trekz Titanium wireless headphones claim to be the safest alternative to traditional sport headphones, delivering music through the cheekbones and leaving the ears free to hear all surrounding sounds. Designed with athletes in mind, Gareth Smith donned his running gear...

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...
App screenshot showing Ear Gym’s ‘Busy Barista’.

Gain conversational confidence with these apps

3 November 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
As an audiologist, I tend to prioritise a sensory approach to aural rehabilitation by improving auditory function through use of devices, such as hearing aids. However, some patients might require a more multi-faceted approach. To expand my patient resource toolkit,...

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...

Barotrauma

1 July 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Barotrauma is an injury which is due to the effects of pressure upon an air-containing space. Healthy middle ear cavities and paranasal sinuses are normally in equilibrium with the atmospheric pressure, but if an individual moves away from the surface,...

Unravelling the mystery of hyperacusis with pain

1 January 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Tinnitus
When a person says that sound causes them pain, how can we understand this, and determine what processes are involved? Bryan Pollard navigates us through what is presently known. Pain has long been underrepresented – and often, completely overlooked –...

COVID-19 in China: the experience of an ENT team

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
In January, we first heard of COVID-19. As we currently do battle with it on our own shores, colleagues in China share their story with us as life there slowly and cautiously begins to return to normal and the country...

ENT registrar national selection: how can we advise aspiring candidates?

1 May 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
With the aim of creating fair selection into the few available training numbers, ENT was one of the first surgical specialties to move to a national selection process for selecting new registrars in England. Since 2013 the selection process has...

Simulation: human factors scenario training

1 January 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
It is said that surgical training has suffered as a result of a combination of factors – through the introduction of work time restrictions such as the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) [1], a limit on the number of years...

The National Bone Conducting Hearing Implant Registry

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Are you an otologist with an interest in implant surgery? Is your unit on the registry? If not, you’d better have a good excuse after reading this… What is the National BCHI Registry? The National Bone Conducting Hearing Implant (BCHI)...

In conversation with Sam Lear, BAA President: leading audiology forward

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Dr Samantha Lear is the current British Academy of Audiology President, and Senior Audiology Policy Advisor at the National Deaf Children’s Society. With reviews ongoing in paediatric audiology in England and Scotland, Sam is ideally placed to lead the profession....