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Resolving dysphagia – can we distinguish mild dysphagia from no dysphagia?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Brain injury, Clinical Swallowing Examination, Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Dysphagia, FEES, Stroke, Swallowing assessment
Many patients with dysphagia following neurological events can and do experience a resolution of their swallowing difficulties, sometimes without any intervention. However, it is challenging for clinicians to distinguish mild dysphagia from no dysphagia. The question of where to draw...

Is there a role for facial nerve decompression in Ramsay Hunt syndrome?

1 March 2019 | | Neurotology, Otology | Ramsay Hunt syndrome, Transmastoid facial nerve decompression, electroneuronography
This is an interesting paper. The authors recommend a transmastoid facial decompression for patients with complete facial nerve paralysis with House Brackman HB 5/6 who do not show any sign of recovery after two weeks of treatment following a diagnosis...

Static positional nystagmus

1 March 2018 | | Static, VNG, balance, nystagmus, positional, vestibular
This study aimed to clarify the interpretation of positional nystagmus (PN) by looking at the current criteria for significance of PN, comparison of PN in symptomatic patients with normative data, prevalence of PN among participants with balance problems and assessing...

British English speech test for occupational hearing assessment

1 January 2018 | | auditory fitness for duty, Speech perception, behavioural measures, noise, psychoacoustics/hearing science
It is very important to properly assess occupational fitness for several occupations such as police officer, military personnel or fire fighter. The aim of this study was to develop a British English speech in noise (SiN) test as a tool...

Consider PCR testing in culture negative necrotising otitis externa

1 May 2015 |
Necrotising otitis externa (NOE) often does not yield identification of a causative organism to treat although in 90% of cases it is a member of the pseudomonas species. The incidence of fungal NOE is not to be forgotten and this...

Is auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder a disorder of the whole eighth cranial nerve?

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders | VEMP, Vestibular, caloric test, cochlear
Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is now well recognised in audiological circles. Vestibular nerve function has not been extensively studied in ANSD. The authors used cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) and caloric tests to assess the integrity of the...

Hidden hearing loss in humans: cochlear synaptopathy is superseded by cognitive effects when listening to speech in noise

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Elizabeth Beach presents an overview of the recent research being undertaken at the National Acoustic Laboratories on speech in noise and its relationship to cochlear synaptopathy. Our team at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) has been investigating hidden hearing loss...

Why hearing above 8 kHz matters more than you think

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
This review explores the significance of extended high-frequency hearing loss (above 8 kHz) and why it may be worth doing clinically more frequently. There are many conditions that may hide underneath a normal audiogram, and one of the easiest to...

Adult hearing screening: consideration for a holistic model

14 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Background Adult-onset hearing impairment is a highly prevalent and undertreated chronic problem that poses a significant burden of disease worldwide [1]. It is usually gradual and diagnosed and managed approximately 10 years after adults have first experienced hearing difficulties [2]....

True Cut – a dramatic biopsy from the world of surgery

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
True Cut is a stage play that asks: “What happens when things go wrong in healthcare?” It brings the hidden world of the operating theatre onto the theatre stage. ENT surgeon, David Alderson, talks about how the play came about....

Looking at musculoskeletal disorders in audiology

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Musculoskeletal disorders are one of the leading cause of sickness absence from work, work disability and loss of productivity across all European Union member states. Isla Beausire is a working audiologist with a personal and professional interest in this subject...

Celebrating the BACO Award winners at Virtual BACO International

12 January 2021
Among the many highlights of Virtual BACO International was the entertaining Opening Ceremony, and the chance to see the inaugural BACO Awards presented.