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Active surveillance for papillary thyroid cancers – what is the risk of progression?

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery | Active surveillance, Meta-analysis, Papillary thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer
Papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs) are generally considered to be indolent malignancies with favourable outcomes. Active surveillance (AS) has consequently been trialled as a management option for small PTCs with no evidence of regional lymph node involvement, especially papillary thyroid microcarcinomas...

The integration of targeted therapy and surgery in advanced thyroid cancer clinical trials

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
One of the headline speakers, Mark Zafereo, will be talking at IFOS about thyroid cancer. We hear from his team about some of the areas they will be discussing. Locally advanced thyroid cancer generally refers to patients who have significant...

Musical hallucinations and audiology

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Many of us will have been stuck with an ‘earworm’ for a day but consider how it would be to have that earworm stuck on repeat, possibly forever. Drs Lauw, Blom and Coebergh review the current literature on musical hallucinations...

Audiological monitoring in ototoxicity - Are we doing enough?

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
In this article Ghada Al-Malky explores the dichotomy of life-saving, yet hearing loss-causing medication, and questions whether the hearing healthcare community is doing enough to prevent preventable hearing loss. Ototoxicity is the damage to hearing and / or balance functions...

Dysphagia in complex laryngology – maintaining the balance

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
These authors from the speech and language therapy department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, describe their view of a patient-centred approach to managing dysphagia in complex laryngology. Careful consideration of the balance of airway, voice and swallow, which is...

Developmental stuttering: a speech-motor impairment with sensory aspects

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In treating patients who stutter, understanding the effects of sensory input (i.e. auditory input) can help to direct therapeutic approaches. Sensory processing has been identified as a contributory factor in several diagnoses, notably autism and ADHD [1], however it has...

Modernising scientific careers and audiology in the United Kingdom

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) is an education and training strategy for 51 disciplines in healthcare science within the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK). Some of these disciplines lacked clear training routes as well as registration opportunities...

The otolaryngologist as hospital director: a view from Thailand

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - General
Nadtaya Mills is a female otolaryngologist and director of an entire hospital in Thailand. In this article, she offers a fascinating insight to the work she’s done so far to improve resources and services in a challenging environment. The main...

How trainees can make major contributions to practice

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
At a time when many of our trainees feel poorly supported and disheartened, the formation of a National ENT Trainee Research Network (Integrate) has been a major advance, enabling them to develop and execute research projects directly relevant to clinical...

Helping provide hearing happiness in Malawi

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Children with hearing loss in low-income countries face many obstacles. UK-trained audiologist Chikondi Kuthyola shares her story and Malawi’s strides in cochlear implantation. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. In developing countries, deaf children and adolescents...

Save the date: WCA 2024

2 September 2022
The 36th World Congress of Audiology is taking place in Paris, 19–22 September 2024. The organisers have released a teaser video to encourage audiologists to attend a cutting-edge conference where diagnostic and therapeutic innovation, personalised medicine and translational research will...

MBE for John FitzGerald

23 July 2024
Dr John FitzGerald, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of Audiology Services at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals (NNUH) NHS Foundation Trust has been made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours in June.