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English language development in bilingual toddlers

1 July 2015 | | bilingualism, language delay and assessment, lexicon
It is known that bilingual children have a smaller vocabulary in each of their two languages than monolingual children and also take a little longer to reach the same levels as monolinguals on various grammatical tasks. The authors of the...
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Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery: Seventh Edition - Volumes 1-3

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
It’s no secret Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery is amongst the most widely recognised international texts on the subject. This edition does not disappoint, and provides a truly comprehensive evidence-based evaluation of topics in general otolaryngology, facial plastic and...
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A useful adjuvant treatment for SNAC or IP

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
5-Fluorouracil (5FU) is a topical preparation used in the treatment of various dermatological, ocular and gynaecologic malignant and pre-malignant conditions, and this literature review looks at the efficacy of 5FU in treating inverted papilloma and sinonasal tumours. The authors cite...

Day care or admission for aesthetic nasal surgery?

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Day-care surgery is gaining in popularity throughout the surgical specialities due to economical constraints and patient convenience. However this is not without risk and a careful procedure by procedure evaluation should be performed to prove the suitability of this type...

Free flap reconstruction in stage three bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis

1 November 2014 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Bisphosphonates, Fibula free flap, Iliac crest free flap, Osteonecrosis
There is no widely accepted gold standard for the treatment of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ). Early BRONJ is managed conservatively but there is controversy regarding the treatment of the later stages. Stage three is defined as exposed bone...

Paediatric pain control post-tonsillectomy

1 November 2014 | | Paediatric ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The use of codeine in the paediatric population is widely debated since the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published warnings regarding overdose and death following the usage of codeine. Codeine is metabolised by the polymorphic cytochrome PY4502D6 (CYP2D6) in...

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...

Surgeons and swearing

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
We will all know colleagues who have raised the act of swearing to an art form; just as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It could cut a workmate in half with a well-placed swear word, surgeons can be equally...

Barrier and opportunities for hearing care: finding a way forward for all

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Ideal models of care for communities can include tailored ear and hearing care interventions. Barriers exist at an individual and societal level to realise the vision of hearing care for all, regardless of country or resource setting. Affordability of hearing...

Remote hearing aid fittings and maintenance – exploring applications in Africa

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Introduction Technology and connectivity are allowing audiological services to be provided in novel ways. The field of telehealth, although firmly established over the past two decades, is buoyed by the continued and rapid advances in information and communication technologies. Remote...

Evidence based practice in paediatric audiology

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Audiology, like most of the health sciences professions, has been working on integrating evidence-based practice principles since the mid-1990s [1]. Professional organisations and regulatory colleges have produced evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, disseminated them to audiologists and collaborated with practitioners to...

Public health planning for hearing impairment (2017)

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
In 2009 Professor Andrew Smith and Dr Daksha Patel identified the need for awareness of public health methods in hearing healthcare planning. In 2010 the first training course was held, and since then 760 health workers from 41 countries have...