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Provision of hearing support to people with dementia in care homes
The study suggests care home staff training in hearing care for residents with dementia is often not available or not considered a priority. Resources, facilities, training, staff capacity, capability and support vary widely. Care home provision also varies between social...
Inequitable access to cochlear implantation across the UK
Referral rates and uptake of cochlear implantation in the global adult population are low. Five audiology centres across England and Wales retrospectively explored data over a six-month period in late 2019, post implementation of new National Institute for Health and...House of Hearing expands with the relocation of two Scottish clinics
House of Hearing is pleased to announce the relocation of their St Andrews and Perth clinics on the 30th May and 27th June 2022, respectively.Quick & Efficient Procedures with DTR’s Sterile Single-use Aural Care Range of Instruments
DTR Medical’s Single-use Aural Care Instruments have been carefully designed to assist in the restoration of hearing through a Hearing Aid when the mechanism becomes sclerosed or fused together.
Cognitive development in children with cochlear implants
This systematic review investigates the comparative cognitive outcomes in children using bilateral versus unilateral cochlear implants, as well as those using cochlear implants versus hearing aids. The review synthesises findings from 30 studies involving a total of 11,986 children and...
Developmental language disorder
Disorders such as attention deficit disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder and developmental dyslexia have received widespread recognition. As a result, children affected by these conditions are able to receive remedial services. In this article, the author discusses the possible reasons...
The evidence for various treatments of autoimmune ear disease
The difficulty with this disease entity is that it is a heterogeneous group of conditions affecting the ear and a widely accepted diagnostic criteria does not exist. It is therefore difficult to conduct a well controlled trial and this systematic...
Should all patients with BPPV have an MRI?
This paper describes an interesting series of 500 patients over a 10-year period with posterior canal BPPV, who had been investigated with MRI. The female to male ratio was 1.6:1 with a mean age of 56. There was a right...A Grand Day Out!
On 12 June, Emeritus Professor Valerie Lund was officially invested at Windsor Castle as Dame Commander of the British Empire for Services to Rhinology.
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea: Comprehensive Guide to Evaluation and Management
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea: A Comprehensive Guide to Evaluation and Management stands out as a vital resource for professionals in otolaryngology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, neurology, and radiology. This comprehensive guide covers an array of CSF leak causes, offering in-depth insight into their...Facing up to the challenge of behavioural observation in infant hearing assessment
The ability to assess detection and discrimination of speech by infants has proved elusive. Dr Iain Jackson and colleagues discuss how new technologies and fresh approaches might offer valuable insight into young infants’ behavioural responses to sound. The limits of...
