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Cochlear implants and therapeutics: a natural partnership?
Global awareness of cochlear implants as a solution for hearing loss is slowly increasing and gaining acceptance. The potential for combining cochlear implants with inner ear therapeutics is immense, with promise in several areas. This article takes us on a...The changing landscape for hearing loss therapeutics: novel advances of gene and cell therapies
3 September 2024
| Marcelo Rivolta (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Recent years have seen advances in hearing loss therapeutics, with novel treatments trialled in humans, and others nearing promising first-in-kind clinical trials. First successful clinical trials for a specific form of genetic hearing loss Very exciting news has emerged in...
Mind the gap – developing a sustainable pipeline for hearing therapeutics
2 September 2022
| David McAlpine (Prof), Denise R Goldman, Anne GM Schilder (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
In this article, the authors describe three key challenges faced in developing hearing therapeutics. Collaboration between companies, sectors and disciplines will be key to finding solutions. The unmet need for therapies for hearing loss grows apace, with prevalence rising across...
A practical approach to tinnitus
1 January 2016
| Mark Williams, Nitesh Patel, Kim Ah-See (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Otology
Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source. The estimated prevalence in adults is between 10-15% [1]. In patients with significant tinnitus, prompting them to seek medical attention, 50% will have improved to mild or no tinnitus by...
The future of treatments for hearing and balance: a 15 and 50-year perspective
1 March 2019
| Jameel Muzaffar, Manohar Bance (Prof)
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Jameel Muzaffar and Manohar Bance paint a picture of what otology will look like 15 and 50 years’ time. Will we still need doctors? Will there still be an ENT news journal? The last 50 years have seen advances including...
Current perspectives of tinnitus and its management
10 March 2023
| Don McFerran, Marc Fagelson (Prof), Gerhard Andersson (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Whilst there are various therapeutic options for ameliorating the impact of tinnitus, there is no current approved treatment for attempting to eradicate, or even for reducing, the loudness of tinnitus.
Cochlear implants: recipient stories
The most powerful evidence for the remarkable achievements made with cochlear implants over 40 years comes from the life-changing, personal stories of those who have benefited from the technology. James Rylance I first noticed a problem with hearing when I...Auditory brainstem implant results in adults and children
5 June 2017
| Martin O’Driscoll, Deborah Mawman, Lise Henderson
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Background The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) has been developed from cochlear implant (CI) technology and is indicated for people who have anatomical abnormalities of the cochlea or dysfunction of the auditory nerve. The majority of people who have received an...
Audiology in this issue...Current Topics in Tinnitus
2 November 2020
| David M Baguley (Prof)
Prof David Baguley, PhD, MBA,Professor of Hearing Sciences, NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham; Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham; Nottingham Audiology Services, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham, UK. Until really quite recently, the...
Celebrating CIICA's first anniversary
1 March 2022
It was cause for a double celebration: not only was 25 February named as International Cochlear Implant Day, but it was the first anniversary of the CI International Community of Action (CIICA).
59th Inner Ear Biology Workshop (IEB 2024) and 7th International Conference on Hyperacusis and Misophonia (ICHM7)
15 September 2024
-17 September 2024
This September, two scientific meetings were held together in Warsaw, Poland: the 59th Inner Ear Biology Workshop and the 7th International Conference on Hyperacusis and Misophonia.
Otoacoustic emissions in the diagnostic test battery for hearing loss
1 May 2018
| Beth A Prieve
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
So, they are great for screening, but how can otoacoustic emissions be integrated into the diagnostic test battery? Beth Prieve examines the role of diagnostic OAEs by asking three simple questions. Audiologists and otolaryngologists are familiar with otoacoustic emissions (OAEs)...
