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EUHA 2024: 68th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians

16 October 2024 -18 October 2024 | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders, ENTA - Tinnitus
A big stage for hearing aid acousticians Tom Aerts, Herentals, Belgium From 16 to 18 October 2024 in Hanover, the EUHA recorded around 8700 participants at the hearing aid acousticians congress and industry exhibition. The world's largest industry event impressed...

Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea hypopneoa syndrome (OSAHS) without sleep studies

6 October 2017 | | Child, Early Diagnosis, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Questionnaire
Polysomnography is considered the ‘gold standard’ in the diagnosis of sleep apnoea but it is expensive and difficult to perform in children. Diagnosis based on subjective judgement is often inaccurate. An accurate diagnostic scale based on clinical parameters could obviate...
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Comparison of outcomes after septoplasty

1 May 2017 | | Nasal septoplasty, SNOT, Allergic rhinitis, Snoring, Obstructive sleep apnea, Chronic rhinosinusitis
For this prospective study, the authors assessed the quality of life (QoL) with the rhinosinusitis SNOT-20 (Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-20) questionnaire and the symptoms on a visual analogue scale (VAS) in all patients undergoing nasal septal surgery. The patients reported the...

American Thyroid Association Thyroid Cancer Management Guidelines: utilising risk stratification to optimise patient care

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
The steep rise in thyroid surgery around the globe, has led to the development of risk stratification to define the indications for surgery and the extent of surgery as well as adjuvant therapies for papillary carcinoma, to avoid over treatment....

PHACON artificial bone models for ENT training

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - Otology
Simulation, both in training and clinical practice, has become an increasingly important facet of a surgeon’s life. The escalating costs of cadaveric material makes synthetic alternatives an attractive proposition but, up until recently, these artificial versions have lacked the material...

AUDIOLOGY - In conversation with Chris Mennan: A patient’s perspective on 
single-sided deafness

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Chris Mennan is a retired policeman and started working as an Audiology Technical Officer at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust in 2012. In this article he speaks to ENT and Audiology News Features Editor, Alex Griffiths-Brown, about his...

Hearpeers initiative goes global

27 April 2022 | Company Profiles, Global Health, Research & Development
For ENT practitioners looking to offer patients additional emotional support and links to a reliable peer network, the Hearpeers community and its volunteer mentors are now available globally.

The emotional weight of tinnitus

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - Tinnitus
Health professionals often overlook the considerable impact tinnitus has on the individual, from its emotional burden to its complex relationship with the nervous system. Tinnitus, which is defined as the perception of sound without an external source, affects an estimated...

Wisdom and the cochlear implant clinician

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Helen Cullington provides the clinician’s perspective on the challenges faced in building artificial intelligence into cochlear implant clinics. She highlights the importance of including the clinician with their wisdom and experience to help make sense of the patterns of data....

AIHHP announces new chair

30 April 2024
Oliver Wright has been appointed chair of the UK’s Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP).

Securing the future of ENT in the UK

1 November 2017 |
A career in otolaryngology is fascinating, fulfilling and fun, but how do we convince our potential successors? Jay Doshi, Asad Qayyum, Bradley Storey and Tom Milner outline the fantastic efforts to showcase ENT throughout the UK. Student and foundation doctors...

Erwin Geising and the fall of the Third Reich

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - ENT
It’s mid 1944. The allies have landed at Normandy, the Germans have abandoned Rome and are retreating from the Russians on the eastern front. The Fuhrer was in way over his head and out of his depth. Watching this series...