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When things go wrong
The new-age, Paediatric Surgeon, Ray Clarke, (fear uasal, íseal), eloquently demands throwing off the shackles of the past and welcomes the dawning of an era of openness, transparency and candour, preferably suffused with compassion for both the patient and the...Three is not a crowd! Involving family members in audiology appointments
Family members currently have minimal involvement in the appointment. Image by Caitlin Grenness. Hearing loss in older adults not only affects the patients themselves, but also their family members. This article outlines the findings of recent research into how family...New curricula: trainees’ and trainers’ thoughts
After the disruption to training and clinical practice from COVID, it is interesting and perhaps encouraging that plans are in place to support ENT training in both mainland Europe and the UK with new formal curricula. We hear trainees’ and...Unanswered questions in adult ototoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy
Do the potential side-effects on hearing and tinnitus need to be a ‘necessary evil’ of platinum-based chemotherapy? How strong is our evidence base when offering advice to patients and fellow clinicians? David Baguley and his team from the University of...Evidence based practice in paediatric audiology
Audiology, like most of the health sciences professions, has been working on integrating evidence-based practice principles since the mid-1990s [1]. Professional organisations and regulatory colleges have produced evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, disseminated them to audiologists and collaborated with practitioners to...SEQaBOO: SEQuencing a Baby for an Optimal Outcome
There are at least 15 countries now running genome sequencing projects. The team in Manchester, UK, and Boston, USA, share their SEQaBOO project. Abstract SEQaBOO (SEQuencing a Baby for an Optimal Outcome) will transform newborn hearing screening (NBHS) by bringing...Dysphagia in complex laryngology – maintaining the balance
These authors from the speech and language therapy department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, describe their view of a patient-centred approach to managing dysphagia in complex laryngology. Careful consideration of the balance of airway, voice and swallow, which is...Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea
As tonsillectomy rates for recurrent sore throats have declined, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of OSA in children. Not always diagnosed early – or in some cases at all – and with continuing debate as to how...Audiology in this issue... Paediatric Audiology Gamechangers (NovDec18)
Fifty years ago, the National Conference on Education of the Deaf followed up on the Babbidge Report of 1965, recognising the failure of oralism in deaf education. Because young, deaf children at that time did not have access to sound, they could not develop speech and language. Further, because children were identified at two years or later, early intervention was only a dream.ENT UK Foundation Research Grants and Education Fellowships 2022
ENT UK Foundation Research Grants and Education Fellowships 2022EU petition on patient safety
Professors Adrian Agius of Malta and John Fenton of Ireland have brought a petition on patient safety to the European Union. “Are European patients fully informed and protected when they consult a specialist in ORL?,” they ask, “And will specialists practicing outside their area of competence be legally liable for their surgical outcomes?”
