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Hearing Science Fundamentals – Second Edition

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
The second edition of Hearing Science Fundamentals is a simply and clearly written introductory text, ideal for students beginning their training. It covers topics ranging from anatomy and physiology to auditory perception. This edition includes nine new chapters in addition...

A match made in heaven: being a good supervisor

8 January 2024 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy
Supervision is a core component of clinical training for all healthcare professionals. Most colleges advocate supervisors be trained in the skill of supervision, but this is not standard practice. Often supervisors rely on the skills they learn from their own...

Comparison of linguistic profiles in three groups of children with hearing loss and specific language impairment

1 March 2017 | | children, cochlear implant, expressive language, hearing impairment, memory, specific language impairment
Spoken language deficits in children with hearing loss early in life are attributed to auditory speech perception limitations. It is assumed that hearing following cochlear implants (CIs) will improve these language deficits. However, the studies have shown that although cochlear...

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 –...

What you need to know about recent advances in genetics of hearing loss in the newborn

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Identifying the underlying genetic cause of hearing loss in newborns can improve dramatically the early diagnosis and appropriate intervention. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder at birth, affecting approximately two out of 1000 newborns [1]. Congenital impaired hearing...

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) - Part 2

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
In the first of this two-part series, Martyn Barnes and colleagues discussed indications for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), the surgical objectives and techniques, patient expectations and the risks of surgery [1]. In this second and final part, the authors...

4th Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Ear & Skull Base Surgery

26 April 2019 -28 April 2019
Report by: Eveline Tasca Rodrigues, MD Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The 4th International Annual Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Otology and Skull Base Surgery filled so many blank spaces in my career that I feel honoured to...

Malignant lesions and reconstruction of the pinna

2 March 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
External ear reconstruction can be challenging. Baskaran Ranganathan and Amr Abdelhamid describe how careful assessment, planning and surgery following the subunit principles and reconstructive ladder will ultimately lead to good aesthetic outcomes with restored form and function. The external ear,...

Aetiology, investigation and acute management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
The cause of a single sided sensorineural hearing loss has a wide variety of aetiologies. This review, by Edwin Halliday, looks specifically at the differential diagnostic causes of a sudden sensorineural hearing loss, the relevant investigations and the management should...

Access to and uptake of cochlear implants in the UK

1 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
Assessing demands on cochlear implant (CI) services is very important for both commissioners and clinicians in anticipating clinical need and funding requirements. Commercial CI’s were introduced in the late 1980s. Initial funding was from charitable sources. The first major advance...

Update on the development of an implantable vestibular prosthesis

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Cochlear implants have revolutionised the management of profound hearing loss. Might vestibular implants be the future for the treatment of bilateral vestibular failure? James Johnston and Neil Donnelly explore. The vestibular system is highly complex, integrating visual, labyrinthine and proprioceptive...

The role of macrolide antibiotics in chronic rhinosinusitis

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
The use of long-term antibiotics in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis is a contentious issue, not only because of the increasing problem with antibiotic resistance but also because of the potential cardiac risks, including sudden death. In this article, Anders...