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The James Lind Alliance – involving patients and their health professionals jointly in setting priorities for research

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT
In a world of patient-reported outcomes and patient-centred care, patient-centred research must also be considered. That is where the James Lind Alliance (JLA) comes in, as Caroline Whiting explains below. Through Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs), it allows patients, their carers...

Monstrous craws and horrid butchery: a concise history of thyroid surgery

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Prior to the foundation of our speciality, thyroid surgery had a dubious reputation and universally dismal outcomes. Jenny Walton casts a critical eye over this dark chapter. Diseases of the thyroid gland have been referenced in historic texts for well...

Prudent audiology

29 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Introduction In January 2014, Professor Mark Drakeford, Minister for Health and Social Services, defined Prudent Healthcare as, “Healthcare that fits the needs and circumstances of patients and actively avoids wasteful care that is not to the patient’s benefit.” ‘Prudent’ healthcare...

Technological advances in hearing aids and their significance for people with hearing loss during a period of more than 100 years

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Over a century of progress in hearing aid technology has transformed the lives of those with hearing impairments. From the bulky, conspicuous devices of the past, to today’s sleek, AI-powered solutions, this article explores the three key eras of development....

QuietStar completes their latest paediatric audiology test room

15 April 2021 | Contracts & Distributors
Working with the Estates & Facilities Team of the Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, QuietStar recently completed an ISO-compliant paediatric audiology test room for The Children’s Assessment Centre within the Dorset County Hospital.

Hearpeers initiative goes global

27 April 2022 | Company Profiles, Global Health, Research & Development
For ENT practitioners looking to offer patients additional emotional support and links to a reliable peer network, the Hearpeers community and its volunteer mentors are now available globally.

New Audiometer Keyboard from Interacoustics

22 February 2023 | Research & Development
Interacoustics is happy to release a new, dedicated keyboard for audiometry that fits side by side with your regular PC keyboard.

Grason-Stadler updates Pello Audiometer

26 September 2024 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Grason Stadler (GSI), a leader of clinical instrumentation, is proud to announce updates to the GSI Pello™. These updates are released to align with recent updates that were also implemented on the GSI AudioStar Pro™, the most significant being the...

Supporting the definitive diagnosis of LPR

1 October 2024 | Research & Development, Company Profiles
Voice disorders affect one in 25 people in the UK, and laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is a common culprit. LPR occurs when the stomach contents – including strong digestive enzymes like pepsin – flow back up into the throat, causing inflammation...

Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

From patient to performer

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Peter Cawrey lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, with his wife Dorothy. He had a salvage laryngectomy for squamous cell carcinoma in 2015, three years following his initial radiotherapy. Due to complications and a complex recovery, he has elected not to have...

Genetics WG4. Improving diagnosis and drug development through the genetic understanding of tinnitus subtypes: a TINNET endeavour

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
Christopher R Cederroth and Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez explain how progress is being made to investigate the contribution of genetic factors to tinnitus, including a subtype of ‘extreme’ tinnitus in Ménière’s disease. Genetics WG4 is working towards determining the genetic basis...