You searched for "protection"
How reliable is non-echoplanar diffusion-weighted MRI in picking up postoperative cholesteatoma in children?
Cholesteatoma occurs more often in children than in adults and is more aggressive, often resulting in ossicular erosion and marked conductive loss, amongst other more serious possibilities. Recurrence happens in all three methods used, namely canal wall up, canal wall...Leadership in academia
I went into medicine with the clichéd view of wanting to help people. I found that by doing surgery I could help a small number of people, albeit usually to a large effect. Then, I recognised that by engaging in...15th Asia Oceania ORL-HNS Congress hosted alongside 73rd ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting
Imtiaz Ather Siddiqui, Chiniot General Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan and Zahoor Ahmed, Auckland University Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. After acknowledging the traditional custodians of the Australian land, the opening ceremony of the congress began with a recital by an Aboriginal from...
Laryngeal Function and Voice Disorders
This is a detailed, 323-page resource covering laryngeal function and voice disorders, basic science and clinical assessment. Spanning nine chapters, the authors cover the anatomy and physiology of phonation, survey of voice disorders, voice diagnostics, acoustic analysis, aerodynamic analyses, endoscopy...ENT in Ethiopia: Aksum-Barts Partnership
In keeping with many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia has a chronic lack of hospitals and doctors. Nadia Ashraf and Tim Crocker-Buqué tell us about a project which aims to improve training in ENT, in a hospital that has...
Blocked nose in children with allergic rhinitis
Nasal obstruction is a classic symptom in children with allergic rhinitis. While the nasal obstructive disorders including septal deformity, turbinate hyperplasia and adenoidal enlargement are widely recognised in adult nasal blockage, their relationship with paediatric allergic rhinitis however, is scarcely...New hearing healthcare service-delivery models with connected technologies
Connected hearing healthcare can improve access to affordable hearing healthcare. DeWet Swanepoel discuss how innovative trends in connectivity and technology offer opportunities for novel and decentralised models of delivering high-quality hearing healthcare. Megatrends in connectivity and technology have ushered in...
COVID-19 and oral cancer
This is a Canadian retrospective paper covering the period of March 2018 to March 2022. It identified 190 patients; 91 pre-pandemic and 99 from the pandemic. From this, they found there was no increase in patient delay, professional delay or...European Audiologist of the Year Winner
Caring UK audiologist who went the extra mile wins major European award. A British Audiologist has been rewarded for her outstanding dedication to patient care with a prestigious European hearing industry award. Paula Cook of Aston Hearing in Amersham has...The effects of hormonal changes across menstrual cycle on high frequency auditory thresholds
Physiological changes during the menstrual cycle are well documented; do these changes extend to the auditory system? Lalsa Shilpa Perepa and Rewa Indurkar delve into the literature to find the evidence. Menstrual cycle refers to a series of changes that...Launch of ENT Masterclass Cyber Textbook 6th Edition
The 6th edition of the ENT Masterclass Cyber Textbook of Operative Surgery has been published and is completely free to access online. It is a carefully curated virtual library of surgical videos from leading experts across the globe. All sections...
