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Augmented reality – a quick overview of potential technology

1 September 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Is that the optic nerve? Where is the carotid? Both questions you would prefer to know the answer to upfront. This article discusses if augmented reality can help us with surgical navigation around the skull base. Although endoscopic skull base...
Photo showing Interacoustics Luna equipment.

Luna tunes – the plug and play audiometer from Interacoustics

21 June 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
“The professional grade headset designed with screening in mind.” Interacoustics Luna – does it ‘eclipse’* the competition?* * (Although we are fans of moon-based puns, this is not to be confused with Interacoustics’ other stellar device, the Eclipse Evoked Potentials...

Time to professionalise medical leadership

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
For a profession proud of its adherence to an evidence base, medicine has been remarkably slow to acknowledge and to act on the evidence which underpins the value of good leadership to patients and the healthcare system. Mr Robert Francis...

Why does music move us? Music as auditory signals of emotion

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Music forms an integral part of the lives of people in all known cultures around the world. In this article Dr Sandra Garrido explains that in fact, our response to music is largely innate and is related to the evolutionary...

Music and hearing aids - the current state of affairs

25 August 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
‘Speech sounds great, but music isn’t right’ is a common complaint from hearing aid users across the globe. In this article, Marshall Chasin, one of the most published audiologists on the subject of music and hearing, outlines why patients with...

Optimising hearing aid processing for music appreciation

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing aid manufacturers’ main focus has, up until recently, been improvement of speech intelligibility. Today’s hearing aid users have much broader demands however and often cite improved music perception as a key outcome or goal. Drs Tish Ramirez and Rebecca...

Otological problems in musicians

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - Otology
Musicians are understandably anxious about their hearing, and recent high-profile cases of noise-related hearing loss have resulted in huge changes in the music industry. Chris Aldren (otologist and violinist) explains. In the recent Oscar-winning movie, Sound of Metal, heavy metal...

Tonsillitis and tonsillectomies: where do we go from Paradise?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Landmark Paper: Paradise JL, Bluestone CD, Bachman RZ, et al. Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children – results of parallel randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials. N Engl J Med 1984;310(11):674-83. The Paradise paper on tonsillectomy...

Monstrous craws and horrid butchery: a concise history of thyroid surgery

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Prior to the foundation of our speciality, thyroid surgery had a dubious reputation and universally dismal outcomes. Jenny Walton casts a critical eye over this dark chapter. Diseases of the thyroid gland have been referenced in historic texts for well...

A brief overview on chronic facial pain in rhinology practice

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Chronic facial pain is a common yet complex issue in rhinology, often neurologic in origin and frequently misattributed to sinus disease. Facial pain is a very common complaint in the rhinology clinic. In a community-based ENT practice where patient symptoms...

COVID-19 and ENT training: experiences from around the world

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
Here, ENT trainees share their experiences of adaptations to both clinical practice and training during the COVID-19 pandemic. We welcome other colleagues from around the world to share their experiences with us via social media or the website. Australia Olivia...

Embracing the changes prompted by lockdown

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
March 2020 introduced the concept of lockdown to audiology services in the NHS, prompting a rethink of how to best provide hearing care. In this issue, we hear from Hanna Jeffery, a Clinical Scientist working at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital...