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Hearing disability questionnaires
1 November 2019
| Joanna Lemanska
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
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Hearing disability, content validity, hearing loss, patient-reported questionnaire, readability
This is a very interesting study concerning the validity and readability of 10 hearing disability English language questionnaires available for clinical use. The questionnaires were assessed against the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework (WHO-ICF)....
Post-Covid dizziness disability
An estimated 750 million people worldwide were affected by Covid-19. A significant proportion have been left with long-term symptoms for which the World Health Organization has proposed the term ‘post-Covid condition’ (PCC). Dizziness is but one of the symptoms. Dizziness...
Third-party disability in cochlear implantation
10 March 2023
| Charlotte Rogers
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ENTA - Auditory Implants, Otology
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Hearing loss, cochlear implant, significant others, third party disability
The authors of this study note significant third-party disability experienced by significant others (SO) or communication partners of persons with hearing impairment (PHI). The study explored contextual and psychosocial factors for successful auditory rehabilitation, advocating for the importance of including...
Listening in noise to predict learning disability
1 January 2016
| Linnea Cheung
Noise disrupts the neural coding of consonants more than vowels. Listening in noise presents a challenge for everybody, but particularly to children whose language skills are underdeveloped. This team views background noise as a disruption to the necessary neural mechanisms...
Third-party disability in cochlear implant users
8 January 2024
| Charlotte Rogers
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
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Hearing loss, cochlear implant, significant others, third party disability
Hearing loss causes changes for those experiencing it and the people who share in their everyday lives, often referred to as third party disability or caregiver burden. This study emphasises the notion that this phenomenon can be considered a disability,...
Hearing Impairment and Hearing Disability – Towards a Paradigm Change in Hearing Services
1 November 2017
| Jenny Richardson
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
I offered to review this book hoping to gain some helpful and insightful tips for an assignment that I have been working on. The title implies that the book will give practical tips and strategies for helping to deliver service...
How does the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) correlate with demographics and symptoms of patients?
1 July 2017
| Victor Osei-Lah
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Dizziness handicap inventory, demographic; diagnosis, vestibular disorders, vestibular symptoms
The DHI is widely used to assess the self-perceived emotional, functional and physical disability in subjects with dizziness and balance problems. By studying the data of 568 patients retrospectively, the authors sought to determine the gender and age differences in...
Family-centred early intervention: supporting a call to action
31 October 2018
| Sheila TF Moodie (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Family-centred care for young children is a commonly used but frequently under-appreciated approach in audiology. Prof Moodie discusses how we can take positive action to improve our approach to families in ways that make a meaningful difference in their lives....
MDT clinics for adults with learning disabilities and hearing loss
30 April 2020
| Siobhán Brennan, Susanna Goodhart
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Healthcare providers can have limitations and challenges providing optimum care for patients with intellectual disabilities. Siobhan Brennan and Susanna Goodhart highlight key professionals and carers who may be instrumental when trying to deliver good management and care along with other...
Adult hearing screening: consideration for a holistic model
14 June 2017
| Catherine McMahon, Julie Schneider, Bamini Gopinath
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ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Background Adult-onset hearing impairment is a highly prevalent and undertreated chronic problem that poses a significant burden of disease worldwide [1]. It is usually gradual and diagnosed and managed approximately 10 years after adults have first experienced hearing difficulties [2]....
How would you like your cartilage served – diced, crushed or shaved?
3 September 2024
| Shivanchan Rajmohan
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ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Harvested cartilage can be used to enhance the structural, functional and aesthetic properties of the nose in rhinoplasty. The practice of mechanical fragmentation of harvested cartilage in rhinoplasty is varied with no clear consensus with respect to its indication. This...
How effective is vestibular rehabilitation in bilateral vestibular failure?
1 May 2016
| Victor Osei-Lah
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Vestibular rehabilitation, bilateral vestibular hypofunction, outcomes
In patients with bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH), the outcome of vestibular rehabilitation is mixed. The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with outcome of vestibular rehabilitation (VR) in patients with BVH. A retrospective case notes review identified...
