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The use of a tactical throat mic guitar amp system to improve communication in theatre in the COVID era

14 August 2020 | | ENTA - General
During the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, current guidelines dictate that surgical teams wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in theatre. Currently this is, at a minimum, an FFP3 respirator, a visor, fluid repellent gown and gloves [1]. Many surgeons, particularly in...

Anxiety and acronyms – musings of an otolaryngologist

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - General
Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a focus of attention and concern for healthcare workers around the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Neil Tolley discusses some of the issues. I write this article in mid-May when, were it not for...

Chester-gel technique

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Umesh Nagalotimath and Robert Temple describe a simple and effective technique for enhancing vision during endosheath use for flexible nasendoscopy. Endosheaths are used to complement the cleaning of flexible scopes. The advantages are time saving for clinicians as this reduces...

Ida Institute course makes tele-audiology easier and better

22 December 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
The COVID-19 pandemic provided hearing care professionals an opportunity to review the provision of hearing services. We hear from Lise Lotte Bundesen, Managing Director of the Ida Institute, about the potential of tele-audiology and how it can help to maintain...

In conversation with Catherine Rennie

10 August 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
Miss Catherine Rennie has recently been recognised as one of the Women’s Engineering Society’s (WES) Top 50 Women in Engineering 2021. According to WES, these awards celebrate the “best, brightest and bravest women in engineering, who recognise a problem, then...

In conversation with Professor Seiji Kakehata

7 April 2021 | | ENTA - Otology
Endoscopic ear surgery has been a rapidly evolving area of clinical practice in recent years. Our Global Ambassador in the Far East/ASEAN Region, Professor Tatsuya Yamasoba talks to one of the main exponents of this technique, and about the next...

ENT in this issue...Multidisciplinary Teams

30 April 2020 |
Joanne Rimmer, MBBS, MA(Hons) Cantab, FRCS(ORL-HNS), FRACS, Consultant Otolaryngologist / Rhinologist, Monash Health; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. E: rimmer.joanne@gmail.com The multidisciplinary team (MDT) has long been regarded as the gold standard in cancer care,...

New toolkit educates GPs on how to support hearing loss patients

8 February 2021
An educational toolkit developed by the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), in collaboration with hearing loss charity RNID and NHS England & Improvement, aims to support GPs to deliver care for patients with hearing loss. The RGCP toolkit, sponsored by...

Audiology in this issue...Age-related Hearing Loss and Dementia

1 March 2021 |
GUEST SECTION EDITOR Barbara E Weinstein, PhD, Professor and Founding Executive Officer Health Sciences Doctoral Programs, Graduate Center, CUNY, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USA. E: bweinstein@gc.cuny.edu The prevalence of dementia is escalating worldwide,...

Smell and Taste Symposium 2023

11 May 2023 -12 May 2023 | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Louis Luke, Clinical Research Fellow, James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk UK. Smell and taste disorders have become a growing problem since the COVID-19 pandemic and are often poorly understood by clinicians compared with other sensory disorders such as sight...

Interview with Mr Vasant Oswal, Emeritus Consultant ENT H&N Surgeon

21 June 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
British Medical Laser Association (BMLA) held its 39th annual conference, the first in-person gathering following the COVID-19 pandemic, in the academic surrounding of the Surgeons’ Quarters of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Chris Henson caught up with 87-year-old...

Moving forward for better communication for the Deaf and hard of hearing – Wavefront Centre

9 September 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Now more than ever, guaranteeing accessibility and inclusion is a vital need for people of all abilities. The Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility in Vancouver, BC, is a model on to how to effectively address these issues and serve the...