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Enhancing the pure-tone average calculation method for reporting hearing outcomes: the need for a transition to the logarithmic mean

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Comparing studies requires common approaches. Ali Faramarzi takes a moment to consider how to tackle the presentation of audiometric data in publications. Uniformity in reporting hearing outcomes is paramount for accurate evaluation and comparison of hearing-related research. Standardised guidelines are...

Hyposalivation: a review of current and future treatments

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
Hyposalivation remains a stubbornly difficult condition to treat, but novel therapies may not be far away. Saliva has many essential functions, including aiding digestion and swallowing, lubrication, maintaining tooth integrity and antibacterial activity. When patients experience reduced saliva production (hyposalivation),...

The modern management of Ménière's disease

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
In this article, John Phillips considers the evolution of management options for Ménière’s disease. Treatment options past and present are discussed, together with an insight into future developments regarding the role of intratympanic steroids. Ménière's disease can be the source...

Vocal cord dysfunction and dysfunctional breathing: an evolving clinical paradigm

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Patients frequently present to the ENT department with breathing difficulties. The entity of ‘vocal cord dysfunction’ (also known as paradoxical vocal cord movement, inducible laryngeal obstruction, and many other names) is increasingly well recognised. Ravi Thevasagayam gives us an overview....

Paediatric ENT trauma

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
Managing trauma in children often strikes terror in doctors who do not deal with children regularly. Kate Stephenson explains the approach to a child who has suffered ENT trauma and specific things to look for in children. ENT injuries are...

Tinnitus in middle-age: prevalence and incidence

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Population-based studies of tinnitus provide crucial underpinning evidence which highlights the need for further research on the effective diagnosis and clinical management of this heterogenous condition. Furthermore, such studies provide evidence of the burden of this condition both on the...

Working with people with hearing loss and dementia

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
A member of the SENSE-Cog team in the UK, Dr Littlejohn provides an overview of multidisciplinary recommendations for diagnosis, management and care of older adults with hearing loss, vision loss and dementia. She underscores how consideration of hearing status when...

Impact of outer ear problems in Northern Ethiopia: experiences of a global outreach clinic

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Outer ear disease is one of the commonest reasons for attending the ENT clinic in Ethiopia, just as in the UK. Very little has been published on the experiences of ENT clinics in Ethiopia. Here Yilkal Tassew, Seid Temam and...

Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy

7 July 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...

Observations and ruminations - a week of collaboration and learning in Ghana

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
A week of surgical exchange in Ghana reveals the power of collaboration, resilience and mutual learning in advancing global ENT care. Isabelle JM Williams. Isabelle’s perspective It was a Saturday lunchtime at Heathrow airport, terminal 3. Professor David Howard, Miss...

Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week

6 April 2023
A campaign to encourage prevention, early detection and education for patients and survivors of oral, head and neck cancer launches this month.

Global Grand Rounds Webinar

7 July 2025
Professor Maria Suurna, International Coordinator of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), is hosting a complimentary Global Grand Rounds Webinar on Saturday 26 July, 9.00 – 10.30am.