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Nasal peak inspiratory flow (NPIF) as a diagnostic tool for differentiating decongestable from structural nasal obstruction

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Identification of the cause of nasal obstruction is critical before surgical intervention such as septoplasty. This study assesses changes in nasal peak inspiratory flow (NPIF) as a tool for discriminating decongestable versus structural obstruction. A cross-sectional study of 52 patients...

Put the maxilla in the right place

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
This is a paper from Singapore where they attempted to validate the position of the maxilla in the sagittal plane against several reference lines arising from the position of the forehead in orthognathic surgery. The position of the maxilla was...
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Decreased paediatric myringotomy and insertion of ventilation tube rates during Covid 2019 pandemic

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Otology
This study involves a province in Canada and claims that the need for paediatric myringotomy and insertion of grommets reduced to a third with public health measures aimed at reducing transmission of respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, in the Covid-19 pandemic....
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Chin up, doc! A few simple manoeuvres could make all the difference in FNE

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Flexible nasendoscopy (FNE) is an ENT surgeon’s bread and butter. It is integral and often considered superior to conventional radiography in the assessment of laryngeal and pharyngeal cancers. However, it is not as simple as sticking the camera in and...

Audiology in this issue...Amplification 2019

1 July 2019 |
Gareth Smith, MSc, AuD, Consultant Clinical Scientist (Audiology), Southend University Hospital, UK. E: Gareth.Smith@southend.nhs.uk In previous areas of the Audiology Features Section, this theme would have been called ‘Hearing Aids’. With the increased interest in ‘over-the-counter’ or ‘direct-to-consumer’ devices, we...

Leading and managing audiology service through a social enterprise model

29 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
As these things sometimes happen, our first conversations about Social Enterprise happened pretty much by chance and in our case were a by-product of discussions about a new department having outgrown the current one. The National Health Service (NHS) Audiology...

Mobile technologies to support global ear and hearing care

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
By combining mobile technology with artificial intelligence, more people can access ear and hearing care. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that worldwide, nearly half a billion people have moderate or worse hearing loss [1]. The vast majority of people...

Mobile technologies to support global ear and hearing care

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
By combining mobile technology with artificial intelligence, more people can access ear and hearing care. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that worldwide, nearly half a billion people have moderate or worse hearing loss [1]. The vast majority of people...

Mindfulness meditation: how personal experience of managing severe pain contributes to understanding tinnitus management

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
In this interesting article the author describes the potential benefit of mindfulness in the management of tinnitus, using a case report to illustrate this.This may well be an additional direction we can suggest for our patients. Mindfulness is a word...

Centenary birthday of Jean-Marc Sterkers: pioneer of vestibular schwannoma surgery

2 May 2025 | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Professor Jean-Marc Sterkers has been a leading figure in the field of otology and neurotology for several decades. On the verge of his 100th birthday, we celebrate an exceptional career through the memories of his son and colleagues. Prof Olivier...

Long-term outcomes of children and young people with cochlear implants

5 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Introduction Profound childhood hearing loss has a huge impact on early communication skills, the acquisition of spoken language, and hence on educational attainments and employment prospects. Over the centuries, educators of the deaf attempted to overcome the challenge by using...

Prof ED Kitcher

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
Much has been said of the paucity of ENT Services in Africa [1]. Whilst Ghana has always been at the forefront of healthcare in Sub Saharan Africa, its ENT and allied services were somewhat suboptimal in the 1980s. This article,...