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CT guided cochlear implant programming improves performance

1 July 2016 |
There is currently no national (UK) consensus on imaging patients for cochlear implantation. This paper may change that. It has shown increased hearing and quality of life in paediatric cochlear implant (CI) users when the programming has been assisted by...
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Getting your nose dry: endoscopic vidian neurectomy – an old technique given new life

1 November 2015 | | endoscopic vidian neurectomy, nonallergic rhinitis, rhinorrhea, vasomotor rhinitis, vidian nerve
We are often faced with patients with intractable watery rhinorhea – patients with no demonstrable allergy, a diagnosis of NAR and no response to ipratropium or capsaicine. For such patients, vidian neurectomy has been devised – an old technique that...
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Questionnaire to determine quality of life in Parkinson’s disease patients with swallowing problems

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Parkinson's disease, quality of life, questionnaire, swallowing
The quality of life (QoL) in individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is often influenced by changes in their swallowing abilities. The authors of this paper have developed a valid, statistically appropriate questionnaire which is also clinically effective and can be...
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Nasal function in COVID-19 patients

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
This Turkish prospective study compared SNOT-22 outcomes as well as objective assessments of nasal secretion and clearance in 40 patients who tested positive on COVID-19 antigen PCR testing and 40 patients who tested negative. Sinonasal findings were assessed using a...

Cognition and hearing – you can’t test one with the other!

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Cognitive Psychologist, Boaz M Ben-David, provides insights into the import of considering cognitive factors when assessing speech perception ability to maximise intervention success. Failing to do so, he suggests, is “ageist”, a predisposition healthcare professionals must avoid. Cognitive performance is...

Military otolaryngology and its impact on civilian trauma care

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
Over the centuries, military conflicts and wars have caused both death and injuries and led to improvements in the care of the combat wounded. Military otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons have been at the forefront of these developments and advances. War...

The challenge of disrupting the hearing care market in the USA

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Barry Freeman, an Audiology Consultant of extensive global experience, examines the business model of hearing care service delivery in America. He discusses the challenges the profession has faced, and proposes some food for thought on learning from other health care...

Unlocking better reflux diagnostics with Peptest®

20 May 2025 | Research & Development
BIOHIT HealthCare recently hosted a fascinating webinar on Peptest, its innovative, non-invasive saliva-based test that is redefining reflux diagnosis. Led by Andrew Woodcock, Chief Scientific Officer at RD Biomed, the comprehensive session explored the science behind Peptest, from its early...

Laryngotracheal stenosis and malacia care

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Why laryngotracheal stenosis and malacia (LTSM) care matters now? In late 2019, reports began to emerge of severe respiratory infections caused by a novel coronavirus. In the months that followed, intensive care admissions in the UK rose more than tenfold....

Advances in laryngeal surgery

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
We are seeing many advances in laryngology: from the lab, from equipment manufacturers and from developments in surgical techniques. The field of laryngology has been under constant change in recent years, with the introduction of new technologies and research. The...

Surgeons and swearing

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
We will all know colleagues who have raised the act of swearing to an art form; just as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It could cut a workmate in half with a well-placed swear word, surgeons can be equally...

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

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
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...