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The mounting burden of hearing loss worldwide: gearing up global collaboration

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
As audiology and ENT professionals we all have an inkling about the prevalence and impact of hearing loss, but the true gravity of the situation is even greater than previously thought… It may seem hard to believe, but in the...
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Impact of delaying otologic surgery

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - Otology
In this Belgian study, the authors looked at the impact of delaying otologic surgery by sending an online survey to 44 adult patients diagnosed with benign ear pathology whose surgery was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire was...

DISE as a rationalising tool for sleep apnoea surgery

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | Drug-induced sleep endoscopy, Obstructive sleep apnea, Upper airway surgery, VOTE classification
This retrospective study on 85 adult obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients provides further interesting information for sleep surgeons. These patients were all investigated with polysomnography (PSG) and drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE). They all then underwent a simple uvulopalatoplasty with...

What can the anterior cranial fossa fracture pattern tell us?

1 May 2016 | | anterior cranial fossa, applied anatomy, craniofacial trauma, fracture pattern, skull base fracture, skull base trauma
This assessment involves 81 patients treated between two regional major trauma centres in the UK. Fifty sustained a predominantly anterior directed force and 31 a lateral impact. They found that anterior impacts reduce the incidence of fracture propagated beyond the...

How to tell if a bone anchored hearing device is working?

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
Bone anchored hearing aids are becoming increasingly more commonplace with more than 120,000 users worldwide. These devices are based on the principle of direct bone conduction, where sound is transmitted directly through the skull via a titanium implant to the...

Communication patterns during audiological rehabilitation history taking

1 May 2015 |
Nature of communication among patients, their communication partners and hearing healthcare professionals is an important part of audiological rehabilitation and can have some influence on the patient outcome. As history taking quite often forms the first instance of communication between...

Hearing International Annual Meeting 2023

31 October 2023 -1 November 2023
Zhang Juan, MD, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Physician, Associate Director of the Hearing Center and Associate Director of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Department of Affiliated Beijing Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University, China. The prestigious Hearing International Annual Meeting...

COACH calls for participants

29 January 2024
The Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit has renewed a call for volunteers to take part in its COACH programme. The UK-wide trail aims to generate evidence about the use of hearing aids.

The future of rhinology

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Over the last few decades, rhinology has been one of the most dynamic and progressive areas of ENT. Professor Fokkens is perfectly placed to offer insight into the future possibilities that could transform our patients’ care, many of which are...

IFOS 2023

17 January 2023 -21 January 2023 | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Rhinoplasty, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
In our two-part coverage of IFOS 2023, Andrew McCombe writes about the ENT line-up and Mohammad Sabir reports on the audiology programme. Having lived and worked in Dubai for seven years , I should have got the hang of the...

In conversation with Professor John Fenton

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
John Fenton, Republic of Ireland, has recently been appointed President of the Union Européene Des Médicins Spécialistes (UEMS) ORL or European Union of Medical Specialists ORL Section. We caught up with him to find out a little more about his...

Personal perspective of a hearing aid user: In conversation with Alistair Cruickshank

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
Alistair Cruickshank explains how he has embraced technological changes to improve his day-to-day listening experiences as a hearing aid user. He explains the importance of experimenting and trying out different approaches and how much he values working closely with his...