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Cognition and hearing – you can’t test one with the other!

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Cognitive Psychologist, Boaz M Ben-David, provides insights into the import of considering cognitive factors when assessing speech perception ability to maximise intervention success. Failing to do so, he suggests, is “ageist”, a predisposition healthcare professionals must avoid. Cognitive performance is...

From the editor Mar/Apr 2025

4 March 2025 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTW / X: @Voicedoctor_uk For Ent & Audiology News Mar/Apr 2025, we feature a wonderful interview with one of the most respected and...

The changing spectrum of cancer of the oropharynx: dilemmas and future directions

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Head & Neck
The association of HPV in oropharyngeal cancer has identified a ‘new disease’, with its unique biologic behaviour, and challenges for clinicians in selecting therapeutic combinations offering maximum efficacy and minimum morbidity or long-term sequela currently under study in clinical trials....

Can laryngeal sensitivity testing predict aspiration and pneumonia in dysphagic patients?

1 July 2018 | | Aspiration, Deglutition, Dysphagia, Laryngeal adductor reflex, Laryngeal sensory deficits, Pneumonia
The laryngeal adductor reflex (LAR) is characterised by brief vocal cord closure in response to laryngeal stimulation. It is important in swallowing physiology as it represents a mechanism for airway protection. The authors of this study examined whether the absence...

BSHENT Annual Meeting 2023

30 November 2023 | ENTA - ENT
Katherine Conroy, MA (Cantab) MB BChir FRCS (ORL-HNS), Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK. The annual meeting of the British Society for the History of ENT was held at the Royal Society of Medicine’s historic Toynbee Mackenzie room. Dozens of attendees, from...

Is one glass of wine on call safe?

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - General
It’s a standard question for those about to sit a Specialist Training (ST) interview; you are on call and you call a senior colleague in to perform an operation. You smell alcohol on the breath of the surgeon, so what...

UV Smart D60: sustainability in every disinfection cycle

31 October 2023 | Company Profiles
The UV Smart D60 is a CE marked (MDR Class IIa) disinfection device specifically designed for channel-less ENT endoscopes and TEE probes.

#BecauseIhearIlive – an international message from Smiling Crocodile

26 June 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
There are 34 million children worldwide afflicted by disabling hearing loss, 60% of whom are suffering from hearing loss due to preventable causes [1]. This article is an account of the Smiling Crocodile Charity, founded in 2009 by Dagmar Herrmannová,...

Sylvester O’Halloran Perioperative Symposium 2024

29 February 2024 -2 March 2023
Co-chair Andrew Dias with best poster winner Nyamateja Kaare. Lisa O’Byrne, ST5 Otolaryngology, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. The annual Sylvester O’Halloran Perioperative Symposium, first held in 1992, has evolved to include all surgical specialties as well as many...

Charles Skinner Hallpike and the Hallpike Prize

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - ENT
The British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians introduced the Hallpike Prize in 2009 as an award to stimulate the pursuit of knowledge in relation to the field of audiovestibular medicine. Julian Ahmed celebrates the history of the great man the award...

60th ENT Congress for the South African Society of ORL-OHNS

8 November 2024 -10 November 2024 | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Dr Greta Niemann, ENT surgeon, Pretoria The 60th Annual ENT Conference held in Pretoria in November was a remarkable event, skilfully organised and offering an exceptional line-up of international and local speakers. This year’s gathering provided a unique opportunity for...

Percutaneous fibre guided laser surgery of the endolarynx

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Occasionally, getting access to the larynx for an intervention can be challenging. Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe a novel way to perform laser treatment in such difficult instances. Fibre guided office-based endolaryngeal laser surgery has developed to be a...