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Middle ear muscle disorders: presentation, diagnosis and management

1 March 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Patients often report symptoms relating to disorders of the middle ear muscles. Prof Bance gives us an overview of the anatomy and function, as well as guides our diagnosis and management. The middle ear muscles (MEMs) are a mystery, both...

Multifrequency tympanometry

1 March 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
There are many good reasons to start using multifrequency tympanometry as opposed to a traditional, single 226Hz probe tone. Here, Leigh Martin of Interacoustics discusses the uses and benefits. Tympanometry is a core test in the audiologist’s test battery. In...

Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with tinnitus

1 May 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Tinnitus
Tinnitus remains one of the most prevalent and distressing audiological symptoms. Although specialist tinnitus services are in high demand, geographical and service constraints result in limited access to these services. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) has been developed to provide...

On the influence of sex on tinnitus burden and its phenotypes

2 November 2020 | | Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
One important aspect of the new paradigm in tinnitus research is to question basic assumptions. What associations does the sex of a person have with their experience of and reaction to tinnitus? Chris Cederroth raises the question and tells us...

Use of automated audiometry for faster patient access to audiology services?

30 April 2021 | | Audiology - Diagnostic
Manual audiometry has long been the gold standard for establishing hearing thresholds. In recent years, a number of automated audiometry applications have reached the market. In this article, a team from Ireland have put a version of automated audiometry to...

SEQaBOO: SEQuencing a Baby for an Optimal Outcome

1 July 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
There are at least 15 countries now running genome sequencing projects. The team in Manchester, UK, and Boston, USA, share their SEQaBOO project. Abstract SEQaBOO (SEQuencing a Baby for an Optimal Outcome) will transform newborn hearing screening (NBHS) by bringing...

Innovative approaches to treating deafness

1 July 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Shahar Taiber and Karen Avraham give us a summary of gene therapies for hearing loss, with an overview of limitations and what the future holds. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder. The last two decades have seen a...

Microneedles enable inner ear precision medicine

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Otology
Developing safe, reliable and efficient ways to deliver therapeutics into the cochlea is a key challenge. In this article, the authors share their work to develop microneedles to address this challenge. The era of precision medicine of the inner ear...

Nasal septal perforation repair

1 March 2018 | | Rhinology / Sinus
Nasal septal perforation repair has traditionally been a great challenge. Many surgical techniques are described, however the success rate of closure has often been poor. Experience from the use of pedicled vascularised mucosal flaps in skull base surgery has been...

Endoscopic DCR

31 October 2018 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
In this interesting article, our experienced colleagues describe their favoured technique for performing endoscopic DCR and share with us the key steps for a successful outcome. Dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) was historically performed by ophthalmologists for nasolacrimal obstruction using external techniques. The...

Triple semicircular canal occlusion and Meniere’s disease: a rising alternative treatment?

7 January 2021 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Otology, Vestibular Disorders
Patients with dizziness form a large part of the workload for ENT surgeons. In the overwhelming majority of cases, management will be medical and successful. However, occasionally some patients present a challenge when they have not responded to conventional treatments....

Sialendoscopy

4 November 2021 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Recent advances in endoscopic technology allow the ENT surgeon to access the salivary gland ductal system for both diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. In this article the authors share their experiences with using this technology, both as a standalone procedure and...