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Transferable skills in audiology: one audiologist’s journey

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Ever wonder about transferable skills in audiological practice? In this issue, we hear about one audiologist’s journey from clinical practice to applying transferable skills gained in audiology to other healthcare sectors. In 1997, as a 16-year-old starting my career in...

Feeling like a fraud — imposter syndrome: what it is and what to do about it

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Have you ever been plagued by feelings of incompetence despite evidence to the contrary, then this article is for you. Dr Dunay Schmulian provides insight into imposter syndrome and what to do about it. Excerpt 1 Senior Audiologist: That was...

Why screen for hearing loss in adults?

14 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Introduction Hearing loss affects over 10 million people in the UK – one in six of the population. Of over 50-year-olds 41.7% are estimated to have some form of hearing loss. This rises to 71.1% of over 70-year-olds, over half...

Inter-professional teamwork and hearing care for older adults with cognitive loss

27 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
There is growing awareness that hearing loss is linked to dementia [1]. The average first-time hearing aid user is about 70 years old. By this age, approximately 1 in 2 people have hearing loss and 1 in 7 have cognitive...

Music is noise

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Marshall Chasin recaps what we know acoustically about music and noise, and discusses the potentially damaging levels of music, how temporary threshold shift (TTS) is not necessarily temporary and gives us some considerations for protective devices for musicians. Most of...

Targeted CMV screening and hearing management of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is a common congenital infection and is the leading infectious cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children. Prof Karen Fowler discusses current research and the exciting future of screening for cCMV in newborns. Figure 1....

A snapshot of UK newborn hearing screening services during the COVID-19 pandemic

28 July 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
During the COVID-19 pandemic, new guidance for newborn hearing screening programmes and management of audiology referrals was released by Public Health England [1,2]. There was also joint guidance from the UK professional bodies [3] and guidance from NHS England regarding...

Machine learning to support audiology

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Jessica Monaghan and David Allen discuss how machine learning, using a wealth of data provided by hearing devices, can be used to streamline their functionality and fitting. They report on how it has been used to support clinicians to maximise...

RNID’s campaign to restore NHS earwax removal services in the UK

3 May 2024 |
Wax removal in the UK has become a topic of intense discussion. Here, Crystal Rolfe discusses the RNID’s findings and approach to tackling the issue. Earwax build-up can cause painful and distressing symptoms – a 2022 RNID survey found people...

Transnasal oesophagoscopy (TNO) and balloon dilatation under a local anaesthesia

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Many of us are becoming more and more familiar with the use of transnasal oesophagoscopy. It has a number of well-described uses in the outpatient setting and is well tolerated by our patients. Yakubu Karagama describes taking this technique a...

Running a post-COVID smell clinic

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Over the past year, much of our effort as a speciality has been directed towards crisis management and keeping services afloat. Our practice has changed in untold ways, but unprecedented numbers of patients with smell disorders will increasingly require our...

Hearing rehabilitation after vestibular schwannoma surgery

27 February 2020 | | 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...