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OBITUARY: Professor Heinz Stammberger (1946-2018)

19 December 2018 | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
We, at ENT & Audiology News, have just learned of the death of Professor Heinz Stammberger on 9 December. Within the global ENT community, there can be few people whose names are as well-known as his, and his loss will...

Sialendoscopy

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Recent advances in endoscopic technology allow the ENT surgeon to access the salivary gland ductal system for both diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. In this article the authors share their experiences with using this technology, both as a standalone procedure and...

Exploring teenagers’ access and use of assistive hearing technology

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Children require good signal-to-noise ratios for optimum listening and learning. The use of remote microphone technology can be of benefit, yet older children often resist using it. Jennifer Groth reviews the challenges facing older children in the use of remote...

Hear Glue Ear - affordable bone conduction and microphone kits

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Glue ear is a very common problem in children. This article explores a simple and affordable solution to help overcome some of the challenges it can cause. Background Glue ear (also known as otitis media with effusion – OME) is...

Ear, nose and throat surgery in children – where will it be in 15 and 50 years?

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
Michael Kuo, David Albert and Mike Saunders have put their collective heads together to predict the future of ENT surgery in children; will there be a rise in workload due to increasing survival of children with complex medical problems? Or...

Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
We all have patients who give us a ‘heartsink’ feeling; for many of us, the coughing patient is exactly such a situation. In this overview, Bhaskar Ram and Sangeeta Maini outline their approach to diagnosis. Declan Costello, Editor. Introduction Chronic...

Acupuncture for tonsillectomy pain in children

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics
The challenge: tonsillectomy pain Tonsillectomy is a uniform surgical insult which results in a 10-day recovery for children. Severe pain can occur which can give rise to poor oral fluid intake, dehydration and potentially the need for intravenous fluid resuscitation....

A surgeon’s perspective on the challenges facing cochlear implantation in children

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Cochlear implantation in children offers a different set of challenges and goals to adult practice. In this article, Iain Bruce, Professor of Paediatric Otolaryngology in Manchester, UK, explains some of the current clinical and research challenges in paediatric cochlear implantation,...

ENT and audiology in the Land of a Thousand Hills

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Rwanda is a beautiful country known as the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’. It is located in the Great Rift Valley in East Africa and shares borders with Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, all offering direct...

Surgical management of congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Introduction Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is a rare cause of neonatal upper airway obstruction which was first described by Douglas in 1952 [1]. The first radiological description of CNPAS was described by Ey et al in 1988 [2]....

Bipolar microdebrider turbinoplasty

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
There are a variety of ways to reduce the bulk of hypertrophied turbinates. Kimberley Lau and Showkat Mirza describe their technique which can be used in difficult cases and with minimal morbidity. As ever, one aim should be to avoid...

Timing of surgery in chronic rhinosinusitis: does it matter?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
While many patients with chronic rhinosinusitis respond to medical treatment, some do not. The next step for these patients is surgery, but how soon should this be offered? Sooner rather than later seems to be the answer, as Claire Hopkins...