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Mondini dysplasia and cochlear implantation
Approximately 20-28% of sensorineural hearing loss in children arises due to a cochlear malformation. Mondini dysplasia includes a cochlear with one and a half turns and an incomplete interscalar septum. Cochlear implantation is a common treatment protocol for children with...
Parkinson’s humour: recognising social communication difficulties
Parkinson’s results in a progressive motor disease with symptoms including tremor, rigidity and bradykinesia. However, people with Parkinson’s also experience non-motor symptoms such as cognitive difficulties that can impact social communication, often due to their co-existing speech difficulties, auditory and...
Transverse venous sinus stenosis – a risk factor for CSF leak in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension
This was a multicentre (six French tertiary hospitals) retrospective case-controlled study aiming to investigate the rate of transverse venous sinus stenosis (TVSS) in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) with nasal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. They compared the preoperative MRI...
Feel what you say: a framework to demonstrate the emotional response to aphasia is intertwined with the emotional toll
The authors start this paper by flagging a recent study demonstrating that speech and language therapists in clinical practice rarely have time to focus on emotional issues in relation to aphasia. Yet, people with aphasia describe the close relationship between...
How common is oropharyngeal dysphagia amongst the adult population?
It is well known that oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is a symptom arising from many different aetiologies or disease conditions and that it is a significant morbidity affecting people’s quality of life. Establishing the prevalence of OD is complicated by the...
Neonatal nasal stenosis - conservative approach
The authors retrospectively evaluated the efficacy of heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in neonates with nasal stenosis for this study. Of the six infants included in the study, five had congenital pyriform aperture stenosis. Three of these five also...
The right ear advantage in noise
Relatively little is known about the right ear advantage, particularly in noise. The speech-in-noise performances were assessed in a group of 37 participants with normal hearing via a Matrix Test. Participants were tested binaurally, in a right-ear condition and a...
Ageing Ears
How do our ears show our age? We are all aware of the concept of presbycusis and a plethora of other events that impact our hearing over the passage of time. We are familiar with the standard subjective testing, though...
A comparison between biologic and surgical treatment (FESS) for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis
In recent years, it is being increasingly recognised that chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwP) is a type 2 chronic inflammation based on IL-4 and IL-13, and the novel monoclonal antibody, such as dupilumab, is likely to have a major...
Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo
This prospective longitudinal study evaluated vestibular function inpatients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) using caloric and video head impulse tests. All patients were admitted for treatment of their ISSHL and divided into two cohorts depending on presence or...
Effect of swallowing exercises following free flap for oral cancer reconstruction
This paper from Beijing looked at 68 patients, 34 in a control group and 34 in an intervention group. Oral exercise training was performed by a specialist swallowing nurse in the intervention group. They found that personalised oral exercises had...
