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Lost and sound: exploring hyperbaric oxygen therapy for refractory SSNHL

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
Can hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) offer a breakthrough for patients with refractory sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL)? SSNHL is defined as acute hearing loss of ≥30 decibels in three consecutive frequencies within three days. Typically, it’s treated with two weeks...

Hidden hearing loss in humans

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Awareness of cochlear synaptopathy (‘hidden hearing loss’) is growing. Chris Plack gives us an introduction to the condition, defining it and reviewing recent research in humans and animals with respect to noise exposure. The main cause of hearing loss is...

Tone deafness and perfect pitch

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
If you think you are tone deaf, do not despair. Singing tuition should help but it is probably too late to hope to develop perfect pitch. Consultant otolaryngologist and keen musician, Chris Aldren, discusses the complex and fascinating subject of...

Chronic rhinosinusitis, are we treating the same disease?

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | chronic rhinosinusitis, cluster analysis, difficult-to-treatment, nasal polyps
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a heterogenic disease. The effects of heterogeneity on treatment outcome are not very clear. Authors used clinical features such as endoscopic findings scores and full blood count findings in addition to analysis of 35 molecular markers....
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Chronic rhinitis endotypes

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants | chronic rhinitis, cluster analysis, endotype, local IgE, serum IgE
Chronic rhinitis (CR) is common with up to 30% of the population affected, with a significant impact on quality of life. CR includes several phenotypes with different pathogenesis including allergy, autoimmune, age, occupation, pregnancy, neurogenic and drugs. Such variation means...

The ear-brain connection: the role of cognition in neural speech processing

26 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Neurotology
Audiologists and other hearing healthcare professionals have become increasingly interested in the importance of cognitive function in the assessment and management of hearing loss, especially in light of evidence suggesting a link between hearing loss and cognitive decline in older...

How to deliver bad news better

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Delivering bad news well takes experience and time. The Ida team recommend the SPIKES protocol; providing structure for relaying bad news, giving confidence to those delivering it, and leaving recipients feeling cared for and informed. It’s among the most distressing...

Measuring client-centred outcomes in audiology: towards a parsimonious solution

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
From an international driver to the client-centred care model; in this article Anthony Hogan explores outcome measures for individual goal setting and measuring those outcomes. Introduction When people present for hearing help, they are typically looking for solutions to the...

Drawing pictures and telling stories: treating tinnitus in childhood

24 May 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Tinnitus
There is increasing awareness that tinnitus is not restricted to adults. Indeed, the available evidence suggests that some experience of tinnitus in children is fairly common [1]. For many, tinnitus has little effect and requires limited or no intervention. For...

Can the audiology clinic benefit from advances in virtual reality?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
François Patou discusses how the recent advances in virtual reality technologies can be used to support people living with hearing loss. He outlines some of the novel virtual reality tools that are emerging as resources to support delivery of audiology...

Evidence-based practice: management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
What is the current evidence for medical management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss? Jessica Choong and Stephen O’Leary present a review of the current evidence of treatments options. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) causes significant distress and, in many cases,...

KTP laser in the office

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
KTP laser surgery offers a new way of selectively targeting microvasculature within laryngeal lesions and leaving normal surrounding tissues like epithelium and lamina propria intact – and thus preserving physiological phonation. This kind of selective photoangiolysis can be performed in...