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SNOT-25 to assess CRS - a new tool

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | 25-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test, absenteeism, clinimetric validity, disease burden, presenteeism, productivity, psychometric validity, quality of life;, rhinosinusitis, sino-nasal
The SNOT-22 is a well-established validated instrument, designed to evaluate the rhinosinusitis-specific health status and health-related QOL, however makes only one broad reference to productivity. The objective of this paper is to evaluate a modified SNOT-25 created to better assess...

Bright young things: executive functioning in younger, older and aphasic people

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy | aging, aphasia, dual task processing, executive functions, set-switching
Executive function comprises several higher order cognitive processes such as planning, organisation, adaptation, maintenance, monitoring and decision making. It is thought that difficulties in cognitive flexibility in people with aphasia are associated with difficulties in executive function rather than the...

Selective otolith dysfunctions objectively verified

1 May 2015 | | Vestibular, cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential, ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential, otolith, utricular
Three cases of patients with acute onset vertigo are presented here. The presenting symptoms are described for each case along with the results of vestibular and audiologic examination. This paper focuses on the results of vHIT in the plane of...

From the editor November/December 2023

3 November 2023 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk There can be no more pressing and worrying issue in the global consciousness than climate change. The alarming rise of disinformation...

From the editor Sep/Oct 2024

3 September 2024 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTW / X: @Voicedoctor_uk This edition marks a milestone for me, as it is exactly 10 years since I started as editor of...

Be who you needed when you were younger

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants
Trainee audiologist, deaf England futsal player and deaf advocate Zara Musker discusses finding her own deaf identity: “It’s part of me but not all of me”. Am I an audiologist? A deaf England futsal player? An advocate for deaf individuals?...

The use of social media to drive practice growth

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Cliff Olson is the most successful user of social media in the hearing care industry as of the date of this publication. His videos have been viewed worldwide, and he has more YouTube followers than all the major hearing aid...

Pathways for becoming an audiologist in the USA: Part 2. Academic and licensure requirements today

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Part 1 of this topic is available here. Professor Hall reviews current requirements for practising audiology in the USA; audiologists must have a Doctor of Audiology degree from an accredited university programme and a licence in the state where they...

Join BIOHIT HealthCare for a round table discussion about laryngopharyngeal reflux diagnosis

24 October 2024 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
BIOHIT HealthCare, a leading provider of products and services to ENT departments across the UK, is set to host a round table discussion about diagnosing laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), to develop the understanding of clinical needs and patient pathways. This two-way...

Prof Tanon of the Côte d’Ivoire and Stephanie Unterrieder of MED-EL: challenges and successes of a public-private partnership

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - ENT
The Côte d’Ivoire (RCI) is a large country on the West African coast. It has recently launched a pioneering neonatal hearing screening programme. Dr Cheka Spencer caught up with Prof Marie-Josée Tanon to discuss this and other recent developments which...

Cognition and hearing – you can’t test one with the other!

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Cognitive Psychologist, Boaz M Ben-David, provides insights into the import of considering cognitive factors when assessing speech perception ability to maximise intervention success. Failing to do so, he suggests, is “ageist”, a predisposition healthcare professionals must avoid. Cognitive performance is...

The astronomer’s nose: Tycho Brahe’s controversial prosthesis

24 July 2017 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) is a familiar and colourful figure in the history of science. The immense quantity of data he collected during his lifetime would enable the work of Johannes Kepler and has gained him admission to the astronomical pantheon....