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Lymph node ratio in tongue cancer

1 September 2019 | Stuart Clark | ENTA - Head & Neck | head and neck cancer, neck dissection, survival rate, tongue cancer

This is an analysis of 88 patients treated in Switzerland between 2003 and 2012. All patients had a selective neck dissection and recurrence occurred in 25 patients. Overall and disease specific survival were 72% and 80%. They specifically looked at...

Humour to improve clinician - patient interactions

7 January 2020 | Gauri Mankekar | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy | aphasia, language disorder, pragmatics, social interaction, stroke

This study examined the role of humour employed by the speech language graduate student during their one-on-one therapy sessions with people with aphasia (PWA). The students used humour to soften the errors made by the clients; to equalise interactional power;...

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Smell training is also effective in older patients

27 February 2020 | Joanna Stephens | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | Sniffin’ Sticks, olfactory dysfunction, olfactory loss, olfactory training

Olfactory loss is a common problem with a significant impact on quality of life. It has been demonstrated that olfactory training (OT) improves olfactory function in younger patients, but this study focuses in on patients aged 45 years and older....

Leadership challenges in the world  of AQP and accreditation – learning from experience

29 June 2017 | Vicky Sadler | ENTA - Audiology - Adult

The words ‘choice and competition’, ‘any qualified provider (AQP)’ and ‘accreditation’ have irrevocably become part of audiology jargon in the last two years in England. Commissioners who chose ‘Adult Hearing Aid Services for age-related hearing loss’ have begun the process...

Outcome measurements WG5. Developing a core outcome set of measures for tinnitus

1 January 2016 | Alain Londero | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus

Alain Londero presents a large-scale collaboration that invites clinicians and patients to develop a minimum standard for assessing the efficacy of tinnitus treatments. This will become an international recommendation for all clinical trials of tinnitus. WG5 is working towards a...

How entrepreneurs can integrate hearables into their clinic

1 March 2016 | Brian Taylor | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic

Brian Taylor provides an interesting perspective on market segmentation of the hearing impaired population, and how as clinicians and entrepreneurs we need to be able to recognise the different approaches that are required to address the large percentage of the...

What’s new in genetic testing for hearing impairment?

1 May 2016 | Ali A Danesh | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric

Often the first question following the diagnosis of a hearing loss is ‘why?’ In this article Ali Danesh explores the advances made in uncovering ‘why’ from a genetics perspective. Ali describes the panel of genetic tests now commercially available to...

Universal newborn hearing screening: a global health perspective

1 May 2017 | Bolajoko O Olusanya | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic

Intuitively, as health professionals, we know that universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) makes sense. Bolajoko Olusanya outlines how UNHS fits in with global health priorities, as well as illustrating how such programmes can help to deliver additional benefits to communities....

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