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An alternative device for obstructive sleep apnoea

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Apnea–hypopnea index, Intermittent negative air pressure, Intraoral device, Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, Oral pressure therapy, Sleep-disordered breathing
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), primarily due to the vast amount of short-term evidence in the medical literature it has accrued. The enduring obstacle to CPAP from becoming a treatment option...

A novel graft material for endoscopic tympanoplasty using the pre-tragal SMAS layer

9 September 2020 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
The traditional biological graft materials for providing a scaffold for tympanic membrane reconstruction include temporalis fascia as well as conchal and tragal perichondrium/cartilage. This group from Taiwan present a novel graft option using the superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS) layer. They...
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Automated contouring of costal cartilage for pinna reconstruction – a proof of concept

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Presently there are limited applications of automation within operative ENT. This proof-of-concept study explores the use of an augmented robot to contour cadaveric costal cartilage for auricular reconstruction. Ordinarily this task is performed manually. This takes considerable time due to...

Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty – is it time to start doing it in children?

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | BDET, Balloon dilation of eustachian tube, Children, Eustachian tube dysfunction
Given the potential applications for balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) in children, its uptake in most centres has been slow. The reasons for this are multifactorial. There are technical issues – the feasibility of obtaining the correct size balloon and manoeuvring...
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Person-centric practice within a hearing wellbeing programme

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
This Australian team describe their development process of a hearing wellbeing programme beginning in August 2020, with a wide variety of stakeholders being involved. Primarily, they report, they aimed to overcome the challenge of providing engaging social and emotional support...
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Hear me out – tiny steroid implants for fighting meningitis-induced deafness

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common neurological complication of pneumococcal meningitis. Bacterial infiltration into the inner ear triggers inflammation, leading to cochlear fibrosis and sclerosis – damage that, in over a third of cases, affects both ears. Current Infectious...

Pursuing part-time postgraduate qualifications

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Thinking of going back to university to do further study? We hear from one audiologist who identified an area of further study and specialisation and took the leap. My career in audiology began in 2003 through a traditional route in...

Barriers to cochlear implantation in low resource settings

9 September 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants
The benefits of early detection and rehabilitation of hearing loss in children, especially through cochlear implantation, are unequivocal. However, access to these valuable resources is far from equal and universal. Identifying the barriers is the first major step in addressing...

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...

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy: diagnosis based strategies

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
In his second article on this topic (see here for the first article), Richard E Gans explains how to use vestibular rehabilitation therapy to treat vestibular patients, and demonstrates why this method of diagnosis based strategies has proved so successful....

In conversation with Harvey Coates

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
Indigenous health would remain a Cinderella part of our speciality were it not for the work of a few outstanding pioneers. Kelvin Kong speaks to one of them: Professor Harvey Coates AO. Harvey Coates is a paediatric otolaryngologist and clinical...

Jameel Muzaffar, Anne Schilder and James O’Hara

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
In a follow-up to the interview with Anne Schilder back in 2016*, Jameel Muzaffar speaks to Anne and to James O’Hara about the current research landscape in ENT in the UK. *Banerjee A. In conversation with Professor Anne Schilder. ENT...