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Facial palsy: What do patients and healthcare care about?

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy | Delphi study, Facial palsy, Facial paralysis, Patient voice, Research priorities, United Kingdom
The article describes the process for establishing a collaborative research agenda to address gaps in understanding of the diagnosis, treatment management of facial palsy. A Delphi technique was used in order to establish a facial palsy research agenda. In round...
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Outcomes at three years post-implantation of the Bonebridge device

6 September 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
This is a MED-EL-funded study of the hearing outcomes and complication rates of the Bonebridge active transcutaneous bone conduction implant (BCI). The authors have declared no conflict of interest. Follow-up occurred at intervals for 36 months post-implantation in all 57...
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Small vestibular schwannomas (VS) – is waiting the right thing to do?

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Neurotology
VS management can be surgical, by radiosurgery or watchful waiting. Middle fossa approach (MCF) can be implemented in small and some medium-size tumours, and has the potential to preserve hearing. The authors measured quality of life of VS patients who...
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Softband vs. adhesive adapter in children with unilateral microtia and atresia

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
A bone conduction device is a well-established treatment indicated for patients with unilateral microtia and canal atresia. There are a variety of nonsurgical bone conduction hearing aids (BCHAs) with different coupling methods (softbands/adhesive adapter/spectacles). There appears to be uncertainty of...

Should patients with dysphagia be allowed water freely?

6 October 2017 | | Aspiration pneumonia, Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Dysphagia, Frazier Free Water Protocol, Speech language pathology
Patients with dysphagia often experience dehydration as a consequence of “nil by mouth” or having to consume thickened fluids due to aspiration of thin fluids. However, not all incidents of aspiration develop into an infection. Factors that contribute to aspiration...

Awake transnasal laryngeal and pharyngeal biopsy in the unsedated patient

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In an attempt to improve the efficiency and flow of patients through a busy ENT clinic, technology now allows the ENT surgeon to consider biopsies in the outpatient setting on a more regular and controlled basis. This can avoid the...

World Hearing Day 2022: WHO launch webinar goes online

31 March 2022
The World Health Organisation (WHO) took the opportunity of World Hearing Day on 2 March to announce three hearing-loss initiatives. As well as establishing a global standard for safe listening entertainment venues, it published a related handbook for implementation of safe listening and released a media brief for journalists.

Burnout: is this just a pandemic phenomenon?

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - General
The phrase ‘burnout’ is often heard, but what is it, and what are the early warning signs? Importantly, how can it be prevented or managed? Over the last few years, health professional wellbeing, mental health, and burnout have come to...

Cognitive spare capacity: what is it and why does it matter?

26 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Neurotology
Cognition refers to thinking and memory. So why would cognition be a useful concept for ENTs and audiologists? Audition provides our main channel of communication and when we speak to each other, we want to exchange thoughts and remember what...

Oscar Wilde’s Final Irony

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
The celebrated writer and poet, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin. He distinguished himself as a classicist at Trinity College Dublin before, earning a scholarship to Oxford University, where he gained a double...

Organisers announce cancellation of European Audiologist of the Year Award in response to coronavirus COVID-19

11 June 2020
The annual European Audiologist of the Year awards event was due to be held later this year. Officials have announced...

Does the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones cause APD?

23 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Have you heard the noise around APD? With a flurry of interest around noise-cancellation and APD, Dale Hewitt offers his take on the evidence and theory. When and why did this question first arise? An article was published by BBC...