Reza Nouraei (Prof)

Consultant Airway and Laryngeal Surgeon

BChir, PhD, FRCS(Otol.), The Loxley Centre for Airway Voice and Swallowing, Department of Ear Nose and Throat Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

Latest Contribution

Diagram showing Illustrative DFx2 frequency distributions (53-year-old male, recurrent laryngeal palsy, pre- and post-thyroplasty) after reading ‘Arthur the Rat’ for two minutes.

Voice analysis

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice

Traditionally voice analysis has been done by ear at a subjective auditory-perceptual level. The three main characteristics of voice are: pitch – normal for age and gender, too high or too low; loudness – normal, too high or too low;...

Images showing laryngeal inlet and computational fluid dynamic modelling of airflow through the glottis.

Laryngotracheal stenosis and malacia care

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice

Why laryngotracheal stenosis and malacia (LTSM) care matters now? In late 2019, reports began to emerge of severe respiratory infections caused by a novel coronavirus. In the months that followed, intensive care admissions in the UK rose more than tenfold....

What is Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange (THRIVE)?

1 May 2018 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice

THRIVE is a physiological mechanism for oxygenating and ventilating patients who are under general anaesthesia and who have diminished or absent respiratory effort [1]. Classical ventilation requires bulk flow of gases into and out of the lungs driven by chest...