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Patient-reported outcome measures in septorhinoplasty
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are used increasingly in surgical research to quantify the efficacy of surgical interventions. This can help to fill an ‘evidence gap’ where healthcare rationing threatens particular treatments. Procedures aimed at improving quality of life, especially with...
Do you feel me? Emotional processing post-traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounted for just under three million accident and emergency admissions in the US in 2013, with common causes including falls, traffic accidents and assaults. Difficulties processing and expressing affective communication is a common sequela of TBI...
The nice therapist effect: does the therapeutic relationship matter?
Quality of relationships is considered a core component of all speech and language therapy work, yet there is little agreement of what constitutes a therapeutic relationship. This study describes a scoping review to map existing evidence that has investigated this...
Motor learning: better knowing how, not how well
Motor learning is described as the ability to perform a motor skill due to practice and/or experience. Research on interventions to enhance limb motor skills can be influenced through the amount, distribution, variability and schedule of practice as well as...
Socially appropriate part 1: assessing people with TBI
Social communication disorders are one of the most common and yet most under-addressed sequelae of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Yet speech and language therapists report a lack of assessment tools and a lack of time to fully assess these...
Stem cells in nasal polyposis
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is common and is multifactorial with increased T-helper 2 response and active role of interleukin 5. It can be associated with asthma and control of CRSwNP improves lower airway disease. Due to constant cellular...
Diurnal and monthly variations in secondary post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage rates
Several studies have looked into variable haemorrhagic rates with different methods of surgery and clinical backgrounds. Few have looked into non-clinical factors such as environment and diurnal influence on occurrence of post-tonsillectomy bleeding. This extensive study comprises 5357 tonsillectomy patients...The European TINNET COST Action BM1306
Winfried Schlee describes how a major European funding award is bringing together experts who are committed to collectively developing a better understanding of tinnitus. This work is vital if we are to pioneer effective treatments for the condition in its...CI Advocacy in Action 2025
Helen Cullington, Professor of Cochlear Implants at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service, UKThe second global CIICA conference took place in Brussels in October. There were delegates from 32 countries, and more than 30 participants with cochlear implants! Live...A day with Peter Prinsley MP
Our former editor, Ray Clarke, spent a day at Westminster with Peter Prinsley, an ENT surgeon turned Member of Parliament. Peter Prinsley had recently retired from more than 40 years as an NHS Consultant ENT surgeon in Norfolk when he...
Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation: Facilitating Communication Across the Lifespan – Eighth Edition
The eighth edition of Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation is an invaluable and highly informative resource for anyone involved in the field of audiology and speech-language pathology. Designed to accommodate undergraduates, graduates and experienced clinicians alike, this textbook skilfully bridges the...
