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Audiology and speech language pathology programmes in India: an overview of education and career opportunities
This article is provided by Lalsa Shilpa Perepa, a Clinical Audiologist who started her audiology career in India. Audiology and speech language pathology (ASLP) courses in India are offered by various colleges and institutes that are affiliated with different universities...
‘What was I talking about?’ Memory and discourse in language impairment
This article discusses the function of the three theoretical components of working memory and their influence on discourse (the phonological assembly, the visuo-spatial sketchpad and the episodic buffer). The authors emphasise that the buffer is the key conceptual component responsible...
Counting up discourse
Speech and language researchers and health professionals alike strive to measure communication abilities using relevant and psychometrically sound tools. Discourse measures are potential tools which reflect everyday communication more accurately than other more traditional measures. However, time has been a...Optimising reflux diagnosis with Peptest
Patients presenting with persistent cough or hoarseness are often managed empirically, with treatments that address the symptoms, rather than the underlying cause. This can lead to prolonged diagnostic pathways, repeated follow-ups and patient frustration. Peptest offers a simple, non-invasive way...Changing behaviour with a human factors approach
The Francis Report (2013) identified multiple problems relating to the safety culture of Stafford Hospital in the period 2005 – 2009, as well as serious failings in the supervisory and regulatory systems of the NHS. Particular criticism was directed at...Audiology in this issue...Psychology (May/Jun19)
Alex Griffiths-Brown, BSc(Hons), MRes, Audiologist, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK. E: alex.griffiths-brown@nhs.net@griffithsbrown1 Whether using ‘client centred counselling’ [1] when seeing adult hearing aid patients, employing motivational interviewing [2] during tinnitus consultations or considering the stages of...Tinnitus and music
Marc Fagelson discusses how not just hearing loss, but tinnitus and hyperacusis and impairments to an individual’s ability to process music can adversely affect one’s quality of life, as well as their overall interactions from a societal and personal perspective....
Nasoseptal Perforations: Endoscopic Repair Techniques
This 181-page book, published in 2017, comes with 218 illustrations and online videos of the described techniques. The authors take us through a detailed description of the anatomy and physiology of nose and then discuss the various causes of nasal...Ossicular reconstruction
Ossicular reconstruction often yields disappointing results, even for the most experienced and skilled of otologists. John Dornhoffer and David Walker explain that the most important determinant of outcome is the patient’s middle ear environment, and offer some valuable words of...
Newborn sensorineural hearing loss – what is the incidence?
In the last two decades, the introduction of newborn screening for hearing loss has dramatically lowered the average age of newborn hearing loss diagnosis to around two to three months of age. The benefits of early diagnosis are manifold, enabling...HEAL 2024: Hearing Across the Lifespan
This year around 350 people representing 40 countries attended, with about 290 oral and poster presentations. Special sessions addressed a range of global challenges, including Precision Diagnostics and Therapy Across the Lifespan, Empowering healthcare professionals in supporting older adults with comorbid hearing and cognitive impairment Listening effort and Ecological Momentary Assessment.
