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Open hearing-aid fittings or closed
There is always a balance between different types of hearing aids and their advantages and disadvantages that influence choice of device and ultimately user preference. Personal choice also plays a role when deciding on behind the ear or in ear...
A new free flap for the head and neck?
Reconstruction of major defects in the head and neck is usually an area where maxillofacial or plastic surgery colleagues come to assist, with consideration of the size and function any repair has to fulfil. Whilst the radial forearm free flap...
How can we assess children with complex needs?
In the early days of cochlear implantation, children with additional disorders were being excluded as poor candidates whereas today a large number of children with complex needs are being referred for cochlear implant assessment. However, the related problems include difficulties...
Surviving oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma – does subsite matter?
Human papilloma virus (HPV) status is a known prognostic factor in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). The eighth edition of American Joint Cancer Committee (AJCC) has modified the TNM staging to reflect this. However, subsite as an independent prognostic factor...
Volume changes in hemiglossectomy reconstruction
This paper analyses the volume changes in 10 patients, five of whom had hemiglossectomy reconstruction with a radial forearm free flap, whilst the other five patients had reconstruction with an anterolateral thigh flap. Both groups underwent postoperative radiotherapy. The volume...
Hot off the press: new clinically relevant research methodologies for speech and language therapy
Interpretive Description (ID) is a qualitative research framework developed to address the limitations in other qualitative methods that are not epistemologically able to take applied fields, such as clinical professions, into consideration. This framework, often described as a method, has...Ossicular reconstruction
Ossicular reconstruction often yields disappointing results, even for the most experienced and skilled of otologists. John Dornhoffer and David Walker explain that the most important determinant of outcome is the patient’s middle ear environment, and offer some valuable words of...Call to improve audiology services in Scotland
A review of audiology services in Scotland has found there are “many areas ripe for improvement,” identifying weaknesses in leadership, planning, training and quality. Introducing a report that makes more than 50 recommendations, Professor Jacqueline Taylor MBE, the independent chair...Cochlear implant referral: how can we do better?
Considerable progress has been made over the last few years in improving access to cochlear implantation (CI) in the UK for children and adults with severe to profound deafness. But we are still not treating children early enough, and we...CIICA’s new resources: summaries of the CI information from the WHO World Report on Hearing
The new global network, CI International Community of Action (CIICA) has produced four summaries from the exciting and comprehensive World Report on Hearing 2021. These summarise the information and evidence about cochlear implants (CIs) included in the report which are...
ENT Board Prep
ENT Board Prep by F Lin and Z Patel is an extremely comprehensive revision guide that covers all topics relevant to the American Board of Otolaryngology exam. UK trainees will undoubtedly also benefit with respect to the FRCS exam, given...
