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Marshmallows for swallowing assessments!
The complaint of ‘food sticking in my throat’ is one many of us will have heard several times in clinical practice. The authors of this study report the prevalence of this symptom to be between 5-8% in the general population...
British English speech test for occupational hearing assessment
It is very important to properly assess occupational fitness for several occupations such as police officer, military personnel or fire fighter. The aim of this study was to develop a British English speech in noise (SiN) test as a tool...
Role of copper ions in drinking water in the pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis: the missing link in the aetiopathology?
Often a breakthrough link in the understanding of the aetiopathogenesis of a hitherto common pathology that has been evading the medical community may not come from the hi-tech labs of the developed world, but from the intelligent investigations from a...
Sinonasal inverting papilloma: who is at risk of recurrence?
This study from a tertiary sinus surgery unit, describes some useful information in the follow-up of sinonasal inverted papilloma patients - in particular those likely to recur - and discusses the optimal staging systems to use to attempt to predict...
Dysphagia in people with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer
Human papilloma virus (HPV) associated oropharyngeal cancers are becoming much more prevalent and, in some geographic areas, have overtaken tobacco as the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancer. HPV-associated cancers are also reported to have better prognosis in general, and research...EROC 2025
Professor Hesham Negm, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University The 14th edition of the Emirates Rhinology & Otology Conference (EROC) Global Forum 2025 concluded successfully, drawing over 3056 delegates from more than 120 countries and featuring more than 100 distinguished international...Where ART meets Science: A unifying story in ENT & Audiology News
We are delighted to introduce a stunning new cover series by Dyon Scheijen, a Maastricht-based clinical physicist-audiologist and artist fascinated by the psychology of hearing. Dyon explores the connection between audiology, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and sound perception. He...2020 Lancet Commission on dementia: a call to action for integrated hearing healthcare
Dr Georgiou’s summary of the 2020 update to the 2017 Lancet Commission underscores the importance of medical and hearing healthcare professionals working together to tackle the modifiable risk factors that affect individuals throughout their lives, to help delay or even...
Can intraoperative electrically evoked auditory brainstem responses predict the outcome of cochlear implantation?
Electrophysiology during cochlear implant surgery remains an issue of debate among the various centres. In the present study, the latencies and quality of the eABR waveforms from 74 adult implanted patients were analysed. In addition, four children with severe cochlear...
