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Red flags in the development of childhood speech and language

1 July 2017 |
Problems of speech and language in early childhood can influence a child’s emotional development, academic prowess and quality of life. This article is a consensus report from the Netherlands describing 124 clinical signs and 34 red flags of atypical speech...

Free flap reconstruction in stage three bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
There is no widely accepted gold standard for the treatment of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ). Early BRONJ is managed conservatively but there is controversy regarding the treatment of the later stages. Stage three is defined as exposed bone...

Delays in oral cancer

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | Oral cancer, patient delay, professional delay, squamous cell carcinoma, treatment delay
This is a review from Canada where they attempt to relate delays in oral cancer presentation to treatment and the impact on stage, diagnosis and survival. They recognise that potentially the most significant delay is between the patient first noticing...

Doing it for the men: diversifying the speech and language therapy profession

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy | Professional issues, Qualitative, Speech-language pathologists
It is known that many health professions are dominated by females, particularly the allied health professions, such as speech and language therapy. This is more pronounced in the US than in the UK, Australia and other countries. The authors of...
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All you need to know about childhood hearing loss - an update

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
This is an excellent update on childhood hearing loss. It is a comprehensive collection of five chapters, providing a summary of a broad range of practice guidelines to inform screening, diagnosis, and management of hearing loss in children. It has...

Current management of unilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Vestibular schwannoma is the commonest tumour of the cerebellopontine angle (80%) and accounts for around 8% of all intracranial tumours. The commonest primary presenting symptoms are audio vestibular. Hearing health professionals are often the first contact for patients with potential symptoms of vestibular schwannoma, with the majority then being seen and diagnosed by otorhinolaryngologists.

An audiologist abroad

2 May 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Ever thought of working abroad? In this issue we hear from Caroline Hudson, International Audiologist with special interest in paediatrics and research, who took the leap to work in Canada after qualifying and working in the UK. She will provide...

Facing changes after surgery through portraiture

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
‘Facing Out: Life After Treatment for Facial Cancer’ was a two-year arts-for-health project funded by Arts Council England and The National Lottery which culminated in an exhibition at The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, in February 2019. Here, artist and project...

Kallmann’s Syndrome

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Genetics
‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’ (Shakespeare) Kallman’s Syndrome (KS), or hereditary hypogonadal anosmia, is a rare genetic disorder characterised by delayed or absent puberty and anosmia. It is named after Franz Kallman, but he was...

What’s new in protecting hearing?

1 May 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Preventing an avoidable hearing loss before it begins would be the public health dream. In this article Kathleen Campbell takes us through one option that is showing the potential to fulfil that ambition. Kathleen explains the development of a preventative...

ENT in this issue...BACO 2020

1 January 2020 |
Emma Stapleton, MBChB, FRCS (ORL-HNS), Consultant Otolaryngologist, Cochlear Implant and Skull Base Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK. E: emmastapleton@doctors.org.uk Twitter: @otolaryngolofox Are you going to BACO?” was the question on everyone’s lips. The year was 2006, I was a junior...

From the editor JanFeb 2020

1 January 2020 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net Welcome Happy New Year! It is probably just the fact that I am getting older, but...