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Hearing difficulties and memory problems

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult | Hearing loss, health, memory, path analysis, Physical activity, psychosocial wellbeing
Since the Lancet Commission report in 2020, we have all been aware that untreated hearing loss is potentially one of the biggest modifiable risk factors for dementia in midlife. Hearing loss is also associated with other risk factors for dementia,...

Metformin, the magical solution!

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Neurotology
Both noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and vestibular schwannomas (VSs) pose a challenge in terms of management. Metformin was suggested as a potential therapeutic drug for NIHL when the drug-target interaction data was investigated. Additionally, there are studies which demonstrate reduction...
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Surgery plus radiotherapy keeps the helical keloid scar away

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Otology
Keloid scars lead to significant psychological and cosmetic morbidity. As the pinna is a key component of facial cosmesis, pinna keloid scar formation can be aesthetically displeasing. Their stubbornness and high recurrence rate can be challenging to treat. This department,...
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Audiometric and Quality of Life comparison between Bonebridge® and Osia®

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Bone conduction implants are an alternative to hearing aids for varying reasons. Both Bonebridge® and Osia® are transcutaneous devices maintaining intact skin, establishing a connection between the implanted device and external processor through a magnetic system. Both are described as...
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Management of post-tonsillectomy bleeding with nebulised TXA

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics
In the last 20 years, rates of adult tonsillectomy have fallen in the order of 50%. The flipside to this, is that the number of admissions of patients with acute tonsilitis is more than double the reduction in tonsillectomy rates....

Thyroid nodules – time for a rational imaging approach

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
“The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you become informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray. You realize that nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing.” Calvin,...

Can we prevent chronic rhinosinusitis?

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
The old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ is considered by Professor Hopkins in respect to chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition affecting around 10% of the adult population and associated with huge impact on quality of life and economic cost. A...

Jameel Muzaffar, Anne Schilder and James O’Hara

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
In a follow-up to the interview with Anne Schilder back in 2016*, Jameel Muzaffar speaks to Anne and to James O’Hara about the current research landscape in ENT in the UK. *Banerjee A. In conversation with Professor Anne Schilder. ENT...

Focus on ENT trainees with additional qualifications

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
In this Trainee Matters, we focus on ENT trainees with additional qualifications. Eight accomplished trainees tell Emma Stapleton how their achievements have benefitted them both professionally and personally. Their professional achievements have included a National Training Number in ENT, presentations,...

The costs of applying to ENT specialty training

22 February 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
Training doctors is costly. In the UK, medical school costs an estimated £230,000 made up of £163,000 in government grants and £65,000 in student loans [1]. Repayment of the student loan begins once the graduate earns above a certain threshold,...

Why screen for hearing loss in adults?

14 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Introduction Hearing loss affects over 10 million people in the UK – one in six of the population. Of over 50-year-olds 41.7% are estimated to have some form of hearing loss. This rises to 71.1% of over 70-year-olds, over half...

Screening for hearing aid fittings – an approach for primary care

14 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Introduction The communication difficulties related to hearing loss can lead to ‘depression, social withdrawal and problems with employment and access to information sources’ [1]. Furthermore, unmanaged hearing loss is associated with dementia, a poorer quality of life, depression, anxiety and...