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The search for pharmacological treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Where are we in our search for a hearing restoration grail? Nicola Robas leads us through the map pieces discovered in creating a pharmaceutical answer to hearing loss and tinnitus. Together, hearing loss and tinnitus affect over one in six...

CO2 Laser Dohlmans: Does It Still Have A Role In Pharyngeal Pouch Management?

1 March 2015 | | ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Background The commonest active management of a pharyngeal pouch is the division of the “interparty” wall using a stapling device [1, 2]. The technique is relatively straight forward to perform and theoretically should have less complications than other techniques such...

Detecting cancer margins during robotic head and neck cancer surgery using ambient mass spectrometry

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
We have known about altered metabolism in cancer cells since Otto Warburg described it 97 years ago. But can we take advantage of this knowledge in curing cancer? Jim Higginson explains the value of smoke generated during cancer surgery. The...

BCIG Annual Meeting 2024

30 April 2024 -1 May 2024 | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Jameel Muzaffar, Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. The British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) Meeting 2024, hosted by the North East Cochlear Implant Programme (NECIP), was entitled ‘Learning journeys – bringing people together’. The gathering was a showcase...

Knowledge is power: the power of mobile technologies to enhance hearing-related knowledge

1 March 2017 | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
In recent years, the widespread use of smartphones has made it increasingly possible to improve knowledge, understanding and delivery of hearing healthcare. Melanie Ferguson tells us about the advances in mobile-health applications. Think back to five years ago - what...

In conversation with Ad Snik

1 January 2017 | | ENTA-ENT
Professor Ad Snik has spent a large portion of his career in hearing implantation and has seen novel devices come and go, some of great benefit to patients, others which haven’t produced expected results. In this interview, he talks to...

In conversation with Catherine Rennie

10 August 2021 | | ENTA-ENT
Miss Catherine Rennie has recently been recognised as one of the Women’s Engineering Society’s (WES) Top 50 Women in Engineering 2021. According to WES, these awards celebrate the “best, brightest and bravest women in engineering, who recognise a problem, then...

‘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...

Deaf identity in audiology services: exploring the significance and implications

4 September 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Dr Celia Hulme, a culturally Deaf * sign language user, draws from her personal experience and extensive PhD research on Deaf signers’ experiences with audiology services. *In this article, the convention of using an uppercase ‘D’ is used to denote...

Thyroid ultrasound elastography: does nodule stiffness predict malignancy?

1 May 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Approximately 50% of the general population has a thyroid nodule while 5-15% of these are malignant [1]. A major challenge, therefore, is how to detect the malignant nodules for appropriate, timely treatment and avoid unnecessary, costly investigations for the remainder....

Manuel Patricio Rodriguez Garcia (1805-1906): The ‘inventor of the laryngoscope’ and world-renowned singing teacher

1 May 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Paris was the birthplace of the laryngoscope, invented by Manuel Garcia. As we are in Paris for IFOS 2017, Neil Weir tells us about this fascinating man, who travelled the world and was a renowned singer and laryngologist. Manuel Patricio...

Workplace culture: observations of audiology in Northern England and Western Australia

29 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Working with a diverse workforce and coping with transition forced me to consider the importance of cultural differences in the workplace. Only by trying to understand these differences can you understand others’ behaviour and what motivates the team. I have...