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Acute peripheral vestibulopathy: is it really neuritis?

1 November 2016 | | Vestibular neuritis, etiology, lesion patter, peripheral vestibulopathy, receptor testing
The pathophysiology of acute vestibular dysfunction has been debated for decades. By seeking to clarify the underlying aetiology, this study muddies the waters further by advocating systemic and intratympanic steroids as first line treatment if the aetiology is uncertain. The...

Carleton Medical release updated range of CO2 Lasers

17 April 2024 | Research & Development
Carleton Medical have released an updated range of CO2 lasers for the UK.

DP Medical secures UK-exclusive distribution deal for new vocal implant

30 May 2022 | Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
An innovative vocal implant system, to be exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by DP Medical, will help patients recover and improve their voices.
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Nasal allergies and OSA

4 July 2024 | | Rhinology / Sinus
The first day of June is the meteorological start of summer. As a moderately wet spring slowly blurs to (a damp UK) summer, we can look forward to holidays in the countryside, enjoying the changing pollen seasons from tree to...

The mounting burden of hearing loss worldwide: gearing up global collaboration

1 November 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
As audiology and ENT professionals we all have an inkling about the prevalence and impact of hearing loss, but the true gravity of the situation is even greater than previously thought… It may seem hard to believe, but in the...

ENT and evidence-based medicine: How do they benefit each other?

1 November 2016 | | ENT
How do we assess evidence, and how should ENT surgeons use EBM? Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the practice of medicine based upon high quality scientific research. There are several formal definitions of EBM, the most widely quoted being that of...

Robotic head and neck surgery: current state of the art and future innovations

1 March 2016 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Technology and innovation has provided modern head and neck surgeons with successive generations of robotic surgical systems, fibre-optic lasers, and novel tools which have ushered in a new era of minimally invasive surgery for tumours of the pharynx and larynx....

TEN testing in paediatric patients

1 March 2019 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
Threshold equalising noise (TEN) testing is used to identify dead regions (DRs) of the cochlear. Alexandra Lusty considers the challenges of using the TEN test in the paediatric population as well as the importance of identifying DRs. Diagnosing dead regions...

What’s happened since the European position paper on nose and sinus tumours?

1 May 2017 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
The management of malignant sinonasal tumours has gone through radical changes in recent years. Prof Valerie Lund gives us an update based on her upcoming talk at IFOS. In 2010 when we published the European position paper on ‘endoscopic management...

Misophonia – a psychological disorder?

1 May 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
Historically, there has been disagreement regarding misophonia classification, with questions surrounding whether it is a psychological or physiological disorder. Dr Jennifer Jo Brout discusses misophonia classification, research, and guidelines for the role of the psychologist. Photo courtesy of Pexels. What...

In conversation with Duncan Boak, founder of Fifth Sense

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Anosmia Our sense of smell is something we take for granted – but imagine if it wasn’t there… We see many patients who struggle with anosmia, but perhaps don’t always appreciate how much of an effect it has on their...

The Laryngeal Pacemaker – developing an innovative solution for bilateral vocal fold paralysis

4 July 2024 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Bilateral vocal fold paralysis is a difficult condition to manage, with surgical interventions previously limited to tracheostomy or arytenoidectomy. Re-innervation surgery has been developed and, in recent years, a Laryngeal Pacemaker is now in clinical trials. We speak to two...