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Hearing intervention to prevent dementia

1 January 2016 |
People with hearing impairment have an increased risk of incident all-cause dementia proportional to the severity of loss compared to those with normal hearing. Treating hearing impairment may therefore serve to slow or prevent the onset of cognitive decline. This...

ENT in Ethiopia: Aksum-Barts Partnership

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - ENT
In keeping with many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia has a chronic lack of hospitals and doctors. Nadia Ashraf and Tim Crocker-Buqué tell us about a project which aims to improve training in ENT, in a hospital that has...

The development of the Paediatric Arabic Auditory Speech Test for iPad

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Speech in noise testing provides real-life assessments of hearing that conventional pure tones cannot deliver. Rania Alkahtani describes the development of such a test for Arabic speaking children. It also has the additional benefit of being able to be delivered...

The effects of leisure noise exposure on young people’s hearing

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
There is growing concern regarding the effects of leisure noise exposure on young people’s auditory system. Information provided by healthcare professionals should be evidence-based; Hannah Keppler discusses some recent findings about hearing in young people. Excessive noise exposure can lead...

Congenital cytomegalovirus causing deafness in children: an update

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
Congenital CMV is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss in children. Keith Trimble draws our attention to this and gives a comprehensive guide on diagnosis and treatment. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is common, affecting 1% of all newborns,...

Screening for hearing loss in primary care

14 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing impairment is one physical disability that is increasing in prevalence in society in general, and in older adults in particular. Approximately 34 to 36 million Americans report suffering from some degree of hearing impairment with the number rising to...

The search for pharmacological treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Where are we in our search for a hearing restoration grail? Nicola Robas leads us through the map pieces discovered in creating a pharmaceutical answer to hearing loss and tinnitus. Together, hearing loss and tinnitus affect over one in six...

Remote care apps: comparing the options

26 June 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
With much of the world in full or partial lockdown and social-distancing measures in full swing, the COVID-19 crisis has sparked renewed interest in remote teleaudiology services. Modern teleaudiology platforms, now offered by all major hearing aid brands, offer audiologists...

In conversation with Professor David Kemp

1 May 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Ted Killan, Vice-Chair of the British Society of Audiology (BSA), caught up with Professor Kemp to discuss his scientific journey over the past 40 years, and what we can expect from OAEs in the future. Prof David T Kemp. In...

The curse of Sports Illustrated

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
“Not a supernatural curse, but a basic statistical concept of blinding simplicity.” What is ‘regression to the mean’? I am reliably informed that our former North American colonies publish a periodical known as Sports Illustrated (note, incidentally, the characteristically incorrect...

Ear wax removal: should anyone and everyone perform it?

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Earwax removal is a controversial and much-debated issue in audiology. Risks and public safety call for reforms, sparking discussion on professional standards. Earwax is a natural secretion produced by the ear. It is an amalgamation of desquamous epithelial skin cells,...

The Malawi Hearing Project

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Rachael Collins, ENT trainee in the UK, and Mwanaisha Jauza Phiri, audiologist in Malawi, explore the challenges and innovations in delivering ear and hearing care (EHC) across Malawi. The Malawi Hearing Project, a partnership between QECH and Cambridge Global Health...