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From the editor May/June 2023

4 May 2023
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk The management of swallowing disorders is often seen as a ‘Cinderella’ field, so it is a real pleasure to be able...

Dirty Work

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Gabriel Weston’s new novel chronicles four traumatic weeks in the life of its narrator, Dr Nancy Mullion. Nancy is a young trainee in obstetrics and gynaecology, the subject of a General Medical Council (GMC) investigation into her clinical performance following...

Anxiety and acronyms – musings of an otolaryngologist

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - Covid-19, ENTA - ENT
Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a focus of attention and concern for healthcare workers around the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Neil Tolley discusses some of the issues. I write this article in mid-May when, were it not for...

Teaching the art of cooking to a hearing impaired chef

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Today catering is a hugely popular career choice for many people and there’s a new cookery competition or programme on our TV screens every week. But beyond the media glamour, the kitchen is a challenging and noisy working environment, in...

The importance of s-ABR in auditory disorders

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
S-ABR is a method of recording speech-evoked-potentials, but where does it fit in the clinical and research test battery? Here, the authors examine the opportunities for s-ABR. The integrity of the neural transmission of acoustic stimuli is evaluated by auditory...

What’s in a name?

1 March 2016 |
Kate Granger is a doctor and the founder of the #hellomynameis campaign; she is also a cancer patient. In this article she explains why she started the campaign, and why patient-centred care starts with an introduction. Chris and me the...

Hearing rehabilitation after vestibular schwannoma surgery

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Hearing rehabilitation is a key focus of the management of patients with vestibular schwannoma. But how do we rehabilitate hearing when the cochlear nerve has been damaged by tumour, irradiation, or resective surgery? Mathieu Trudel, Scott Rutherford and Simon Lloyd...

Reflux – diagnostic tools and special considerations in singers

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Depending on your point of view, laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is either ubiquitous or is over-diagnosed. Are singers more prone to LPR? What are the best tests? Mark Watson and Jane Shaw tell us more. Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR: the backflow of...

Tackling information overload and retention – interactive multimedia videos for first-time hearing aid users

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
If you are an audiologist reading this article, how confident are you that all the information and advice that you offer your first-time hearing aid (HA) patients is understood, absorbed and then acted upon once they leave the comfort of...

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...

What’s new in genetic testing for hearing impairment?

1 May 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Often the first question following the diagnosis of a hearing loss is ‘why?’ In this article Ali Danesh explores the advances made in uncovering ‘why’ from a genetics perspective. Ali describes the panel of genetic tests now commercially available to...

Continuing professional development

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
In this article Siobhán Brennan explores continuing professional development (CPD) in all its glory! She outlines why it’s important to continue learning throughout our careers, highlights some of the challenges facing those trying to undertake CPD and discusses the variety...