You searched for "Education"

3321 results found

Sandlin’s Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification: Technical and Clinical Considerations – Third Edition

This textbook is intended for graduate clinicians and scientists in audiology. It covers a broad range of topics over 20 chapters written by clinical and technical experts, most of whom are based in the US and Denmark, and the book...

In conversation with Professor Seiji Kakehata

Endoscopic ear surgery has been a rapidly evolving area of clinical practice in recent years. Our Global Ambassador in the Far East/ASEAN Region, Professor Tatsuya Yamasoba talks to one of the main exponents of this technique, and about the next...

Nuance Audio Hearing Glasses

EssilorLuxottica’s Nuance Audio is the latest entrant to the over-the-counter (OTC) market in hearing devices. This device comes with a marked difference from the rest of the market offering. Nuance Audio is a pair of glasses with an integrated hearing...

In conversation with De Wet Swanepoel, President of the International Society of Audiology

Gareth Smith caught up with the new President of the International Society of Audiology, De Wet Swanepoel, about the aims of the society, the upcoming World Congress of Audiology and the current state of hearing healthcare in Africa. De Wet...

Delegates receive audiometric equipment

This month’s Coalition for Global Hearing Health Conference (GHCC) in Los Angeles is helping delegates who work in low-resource environments.

16th Congress of European Federation of Audiology Societies

Andro Kosec, Department of ORL&HNS, University Hospital Center Sestre Nilosrdnice, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Taking place every two years, the European Federation of Audiology Societies (EFAS) focuses on audiology and related sciences. This year, 346 specialists from...

The totally implantable cochlear implant

*The authors are in alphabetical order – both authors are first authors on this publication A groundbreaking fully implantable cochlear implant marks the start of a new era in hearing restoration – discreet, continuous and free from external hardware. The...

Socially appropriate part 1: assessing people with TBI

Social communication disorders are one of the most common and yet most under-addressed sequelae of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Yet speech and language therapists report a lack of assessment tools and a lack of time to fully assess these...

Elevated prevalence of late-onset dysphagia among head and neck cancer survivors and identifying risk factors

Dysphagia is one of the most common problems affecting head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors. There are few studies investigating late-onset dysphagia post-treatment. The authors set out to investigate the prevalence of dysphagia-related diagnoses and procedures five years’ post-treatment, changes...

Scalp grafting as a reconstructive technique for severe alar retraction

Severe alar retraction is an acknowledged challenging aspect of revision rhinoplasty. Traditional grafting methods such as composite grafts, nasolabial flaps and cutaneous alar rotation flaps often carry limitations, including visible scarring, colour mismatch and reduced graft survivability. This retrospective cohort...

Vestibular implantation: are we there yet?

The objectives of this review article were to ascertain, through a systematic literature review, device design, surgical approaches, objective and subjective outcomes as well as limitations of vestibular implantation (VI). Following an extensive systematic search using PRISMA guidelines, 21 studies...

Covid-19 A message from Gareth Smith

Whilst our ENT colleagues have scrambled to the coronavirus ‘call to arms’ and taken the ultimate risk, for many audiologists and audiology services the threat of this global virus presents some different challenges. Whilst social isolation is a scary thought...