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It’s not just about academic education for teenagers with TBI

1 November 2017 | | Traumatic brain injury, education, rehabilitation, students
Research has shown that many traumatic brain injuries are sustained before the age of 25. This article aims to examine the need for speech and language support for students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) beyond the issues a student may...

In-office KTP laser excision of a vocal process granuloma

1 July 2016 | | Dysphonia, In-office surgery, KTP laser, Vocal process granuloma
The KTP laser is increasingly being used in an outpatient setting – particularly in North America – to treat various laryngeal pathologies including papillomas, leukoplakia, dysplasia and vascular lesions. This article reports the use of the KTP laser in the...

Bone anchored hearing devices in very young children

1 May 2015 | | BAHA(®) complications, Bone hypertrophy, Bone-anchored hearing aids, Osseo-integration, Pediatric, Soft tissue hypertrophy
This paper presents results of BC devices in very young children and helps inform an honest discussion of risks / benefit with prospective parents. The authors of this article from Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand have a series of...
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Management of patulous eustachian tube dysfunction

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Otology
Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (iSSNHL) is defined as a hearing loss of 30 dB or more at three contiguous frequencies within 72 hours, with acute low-tone hearing loss (ALHL) excluded from this category. Despite standard treatment, outcomes vary: one-third...

New Visual Reinforcement Audiometry solution from Interacoustics

7 June 2022 | Research & Development
Interacoustics is happy to release VRA Pure, a software version of the digital Interacoustics VRA Screen solution.

30 Years Experience with Pettigrew Temporal Bones

13 August 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
The Glasgow Temporal Bone Course was started in 1976, by Mr Alastair Pettigrew using cadaver bones. However, because of changes in the law in the UK, these became unavailable in the middle 90s and the course had to use the...

Tonsillitis and tonsillectomies: where do we go from Paradise?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Landmark Paper: Paradise JL, Bluestone CD, Bachman RZ, et al. Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children – results of parallel randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials. N Engl J Med 1984;310(11):674-83. The Paradise paper on tonsillectomy...

Burnout: is this just a pandemic phenomenon?

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - General
The phrase ‘burnout’ is often heard, but what is it, and what are the early warning signs? Importantly, how can it be prevented or managed? Over the last few years, health professional wellbeing, mental health, and burnout have come to...

Ergonomics in otorhinolaryngology

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - General
Raewyn Campbell is a rhinologist and skull base surgeon in Sydney, Australia. Prior to training in medicine, she was trained as a physiotherapist, and she brings both disciplines into her research on ergonomics in surgery. Surgeons need to look after...

The impact of vocal care and oral health on laryngeal function and voice

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Maintenance of epithelial health relies on a number of measures. We hear about hydration, irritants and biofilms from a team in Helsinki. Oropharyngeal health Vocal hygiene is a commonly used term that refers to the personal daily habits contributing to...

Neural plasticity and aural rehabilitation

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Neurotology
Neural plasticity refers to an ability of the brain and central nervous system to change their structure and function or their reorganisation in response to environmental cues, experience, learning, behaviour, injury and / or diseases and treatments. Neural plasticity is...

Evidence-based practice: management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
What is the current evidence for medical management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss? Jessica Choong and Stephen O’Leary present a review of the current evidence of treatments options. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) causes significant distress and, in many cases,...