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Patient-reported outcome measures in septorhinoplasty

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Rhinoplasty | Septorhinoplasty, Patient reported outcome measures
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are used increasingly in surgical research to quantify the efficacy of surgical interventions. This can help to fill an ‘evidence gap’ where healthcare rationing threatens particular treatments. Procedures aimed at improving quality of life, especially with...

Friendly bacteria in the ear nose and throat to combat the bad…

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Paediatrics
The author presents a thorough review of bacterial interference and the studies that have been conducted in common ENT conditions. The simple concept is that a strong population of normal flora will interfere with colonisation and subsequent infection by pathogenic...

Early intensive aphasia therapy in stroke patients

1 September 2014 | | Very Early Rehabilitation, aphasia, stroke
The impact of aphasia following stroke is devastating. Very early aphasia rehabilitation studies have been the subject of ongoing debate. This paper describes the comparison of a very early aphasia therapy regimen with a historical ‘usual care’ control group after...

How interaural level differences differ between children with bilateral cochlear implants and their normally-hearing peers

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric | Bilateral Cochlear Implants, Children, Interaural Level Difference, Localization
A group in the Netherlands investigated interaural level differences (ILDs) in children who were bilaterally implanted with cochlear implants (CIs) and compared their performance to their normally-hearing peers. ILDs are used to localise sound and rely on the high-frequency cues....

From the editor MayJun 2020

30 April 2020 | | COVID-19
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net We are living in extraordinary times. As I write this message, the COVID-19 pandemic is just...

The pong of poverty: George Orwell on the problem of olfactory classism

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Throughout his fiction and non-fiction, George Orwell incorporated references to olfaction to invoke strong reactions in his readers. For example, in Nineteen Eighty-Four the protagonist Winston describes “the pleasant smell of [Julia’s] hair”. Orwell emphasises the invasiveness and emotional force...

Sir Terence Edward Cawthorne (1902-1970): first Chairman of the BACO Academic Committee

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Sir Terence Cawthorne was the chairman of the academic committee of the first BACO in 1963, and was Master of the second BACO in 1967. In this article, Neil Weir describes the life and career of one of the UK’s...

Academic BACO 2015

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
Putting together the academic programme for BACO is a monumental task. Academic Chairman Shakeel Saeed and Peter Andrews, the Academic Secretary of the conference, tell us how to make it a success. Conference season is nearly upon us, and Liverpool...

Optimising hearing aid processing for music appreciation

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing aid manufacturers’ main focus has, up until recently, been improvement of speech intelligibility. Today’s hearing aid users have much broader demands however and often cite improved music perception as a key outcome or goal. Drs Tish Ramirez and Rebecca...

Hearing healthcare in India

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
With a population of more than a billion people, and an estimated prevalence of hearing loss of somewhere between 5.9% and 16.5%, depending on which definition you use, India has a significant number of hearing impaired individuals. They are served...

Annelies Kusters: exploring deaf communities globally

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Pioneering deaf scholar, Annelies Kusters, shares insights from her global research journey spanning two decades in deaf communities worldwide. You’ve travelled the world extensively through your work – what’s surprised you most about the different communities that you’ve studied? My...

Reza Band<sup>®</sup> UES Assist Device

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Members of the ENT and Audiology News team spoke to Rose Henrichs, Solutiones Vobis and Nick Maris, CEO and President of Somna Therapeutics about the Reza Band device. Nick Maris. Rose Henrichs. What is your involvement in Reza Band? And...