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Birmingham 2020 – think big, think BACO

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - General
When Richard Irving and Ann-Louise McDermott made their successful bid to host BACO 2020 in Birmingham, they knew it had far more going for it than the International Conference Centre! Lucy Dalton tells us a little more about the attractions...
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Surgeon, Heal Thyself

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Once a taboo topic, stress and psychological illness in doctors is now much more widely discussed. This is probably partly due to changing societal attitudes (with more acceptance of the importance of acknowledging mental illness) and changes amongst medics themselves,...
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An easy way to take intraoperative videos and pictures using a smart phone

1 January 2017 |
Intraoperative visual documentation is a useful addition for personal archiving and for research purposes. Many commercially available systems are available for video and or photo documentations but these often require costly equipment. Smart phones would make ideal recording devices. However,...
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Medical trends in sleep disordered breathing

1 January 2016 |
This duo provide an eloquent outline of sleep disordered breathing in general, with particular emphasis on the medical impact and associations of the condition. The increasing prevalence of the condition is described, with increasing worldwide obesity, increased association of cardiac...
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What do SLTs do in palliative care?

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy | communication, dysphagia, palliative care, speech-language pathology
The authors of this article highlight that the number of older people has increased significantly in the last two decades, and the number of people over 85 has doubled in Australia since 1996. They attribute this to improved lifestyle factors...
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Infection in prosthetic temporomandibular joints

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
This is an overview from an internationally recognised TMJ surgeon. It is a comprehensive article highlighting the incidence is likely to be underestimated and prevention the main objective. Eradication is very difficult. Not surprisingly, a lot of the conclusions are...

Imaging tinnitus

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a common sensation with a reported prevalence of 7-32%. The British National Study of Hearing recorded that 10% of adults suffered from prolong spontaneous tinnitus, and approximately a quarter of these are subsequently referred to hospital for investigation...

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;...

Getting started in research

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Dave had a passion for research and was very encouraging in developing a research interest in others. Bhavisha and Amanda are currently working with a team of researchers, patients, research funders, the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, to develop the 2023-2028 UK Action Plan for Hearing loss and Tinnitus Research - a set of recommendations to grow hearing research in the UK. Here, they discuss their journey to hearing care research and how you could get involved in the world of research.

Adjoin™ bone conduction system

1 May 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
Patrik Westerkull (PW), Otorix AB, and Ann-Louise McDermott (A-LM), ENT Consultant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, tell us about the Adjoin bone conduction device, a non-surgical bone-conduction option developed by Otorix. They explain how the product works, the background to the...

In conversation with Professor Claire Hopkins

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
There can be few ENT surgeons who have had such a pivotal role in the COVID pandemic as Claire Hopkins. She has been instrumental in changing the diagnostic criteria, and has been a frequent presence in the media, as Sean...

Perspectives on audiology training and education in Canada and New Zealand

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
In this Trainee Matters we look at audiology training in two different locations from around the world, Canada and New Zealand. Marshall Chasin gives us an overview of the education system in Canada, while Amy Arrowsmith explains the history of...