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Septoplasty revisited

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | Complications, Conventional septoplasty, Endoscopic septoplasty, Follow-up, Quality of life, Traditional septoplasty
Septoplasty is one of the commonest rhinological surgeries performed. With the advent of minimally invasive surgical concepts, endoscopic targeted septoplasty was introduced. This study aimed to compare the complications and outcomes between endoscopic septoplasty and conventional septoplasty by a PRISMA...
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Pre-habilitation in head and neck cancer – a literature review to guide best practice

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Curative treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC) often requires surgery; however, outcomes are impacted by the complexity of the surgery and the patient population. Increasingly ‘Enhanced Recovery After Surgery’ (ERAS) protocols are being used to maximise patient outcomes and...

Demonstrating unobservable effects of therapy through PROMS: a review

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Ultimately, healthcare should meet the needs of the people it is designed for. One way of measuring this is using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS). These tools capture the patient’s perspective and have been described as demonstrating the unobservable effects of...
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Falls and ASL users

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
A mixed-method pilot study was carried out to assess the cognitive load of sign language among users and, consequently, the possible risk of injurious falls. The study specifically investigated the possible risk of falls due to the simultaneous activity of...
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Loudness tolerance levels and misophonia

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Misophonia is a prevalent condition, yet its assessment and management remain underrecognised by many audiologists. Current literature highlights the frequent co-occurrence of misophonia with tinnitus and hyperacusis. Hence, the link between loudness intolerance problems and misophonia has been hypothesised by...
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Stroboscopy and High-Speed Imaging of the Vocal Function – Second Edition

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Imaging, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
When I was asked to review this book, I was really looking forward to receiving it and eagerly awaited the postman on a daily basis until it arrived. Needless to say, it did not disappoint. The author, Peak Woo, is...
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Smartphone hearing test

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric | Hearing loss, mass screening, mobile applications, sensitivity and specificity
Our Editors’ Choice for this edition reviews an article looking at the use of a smartphone app for hearing screening. We have all had to integrate telehealth into our practice to some extent recently and this paper examines a teleaudiology...
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Prophylactic gastrostomy tubes in advance of chemoradiotherapy for advanced head and neck malignancies – are they worthwhile?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | Chemoradiation, Head and neck cancer, Prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, Tube dependence, Weight loss
It is well recognised that radical chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancers can significantly affect swallowing, especially if radiotherapy is delivered to the hypopharynx and/or both sides of the neck. As such, prophylactic gastrostomy tubes are often advocated in...

Neuromod publishes results of second large-scale clinical trial for tinnitus, shows greater improvement of symptoms

7 July 2022 | Research & Development
Neuromod Devices, the medical device company specialising in tinnitus, has published the results of its TENT-A2 (Treatment Evaluation of Neuromodulation for Tinnitus – Stage A2) clinical trial in the scientific journal, Nature – Scientific Reports in a paper titled ‘Different bimodal neuromodulation settings reduce tinnitus symptoms in a large randomized trial’.

The changing spectrum of cancer of the oropharynx: dilemmas and future directions

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Head & Neck
The association of HPV in oropharyngeal cancer has identified a ‘new disease’, with its unique biologic behaviour, and challenges for clinicians in selecting therapeutic combinations offering maximum efficacy and minimum morbidity or long-term sequela currently under study in clinical trials....

Assessment of genetic disorders: congenital sensorineural hearing loss

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Otology
Severe or profound sensorineural hearing impairment (SNHI) is a common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 1000 newborns [1]. SNHI may result from environmental causes or have a genetic basis. The genetic causes can be further subdivided into non-syndromic (isolated...

Diagnosing and managing somatic tinnitus

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
Interactions between auditory and somatosensory pathways can lead to interesting tinnitus experiences which can be very bothersome. Dr Sarah Michiels describes her pioneering work in this area, and the possibilities of physiotherapy based therapy. Background Somatic (also called somatosensory) tinnitus...