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Maturation of BC attenuation

1 July 2018 | | Bone conduction, bone-anchored hearing systems, forehead attenuation, infant bone-conduction hearing, interaural attenuation, transcranial attenuation
The aim of this study was to clarify the reason for differences between bone-conduction hearing in adults and infants. The authors investigated how the sound pressure level in the ear canal changes depending on the bone-conduction transducer placement. By using...

Does teaching affect patient satisfaction?

1 January 2016 | | Medical Education, Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Patient Satisfaction, Physical Examination, Undergraduate
Teaching practice on real patients has several advantages in terms of lower costs and genuine clinical material but it is often a concern that using real patients for undergraduate teaching may result in patient dissatisfaction and many patients would prefer...

Military acoustic trauma: incidence and management

1 July 2015 |
This is a retrospective study on the effects of acute acoustic trauma on the hearing thresholds of 225 military personnel. The main symptom after acute acoustic trauma due to firearm use was tinnitus. The authors consider it as the main...

Peer-support group for people with a hearing loss

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Peer-support groups’ (PSGs) involvement in rehabilitation of people with different health issues can have a very positive impact on the patients’ wellbeing as showed in a various literature on the subject. This study involves analysis of data from previous studies...

How many friends will you have after a TBI?

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Friendships are key to reducing stress and improving morale and social support. Loss of friendships after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have a significant impact on these areas of a person’s life. There is little in the research literature...

Machine learning to support audiology

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Jessica Monaghan and David Allen discuss how machine learning, using a wealth of data provided by hearing devices, can be used to streamline their functionality and fitting. They report on how it has been used to support clinicians to maximise...

In conversation with Valerie j Lund, BACO International 2018 Master

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Professor Lund is ‘Master’ of BACO International 2018. She was made an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in October, the first woman in ENT to receive this. ENT & Audiology News Editor, Declan Costello, caught up with...

Directed audio pointing the way to a great listening experience – HyperSound Clear<sup>TM</sup>

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
In this Spotlight on Innovation we explore an innovative ultra-thin speaker system compatible with TVs, which can be programmed by a hearing professional to a listener’s hearing profile and preferences to deliver a directed 3D listening experience. Whether your patients...

In conversation: Russell Tyler

6 October 2022
Alex Griffiths-Brown talks to a star of classical music about playing with a cochlear implant.

Audiovisual antics – now you see it, now you don’t

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
This series of stories is dedicated to those of you with whom some of these moments were shared (or endured) and, above all, to my amazing and long-suffering husband, David Howard. Most of you know him as an exceptional head...

Returning to practice

21 May 2020 | ENTA - General
Here, we provide a combination of written guidelines, podcasts and videos providing information on returning to practice and elective services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources will be updated as and when they become available. - Guidelines - 7 July -...

Misophonia – a psychological disorder?

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Historically, there has been disagreement regarding misophonia classification, with questions surrounding whether it is a psychological or physiological disorder. Dr Jennifer Jo Brout discusses misophonia classification, research, and guidelines for the role of the psychologist. Photo courtesy of Pexels. What...