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Does the appearance, texture, and flavour of food affect how we swallow?

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Dysphagia, Food and beverages, Swallowing
Texture modification and the use of thickened fluids are well-known strategies used to facilitate swallowing in people with dysphagia. However, some controversy exists around thickeners and their possible negative impact on hydration and medication absorption. This paper considers other properties...
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Hear me out – tiny steroid implants for fighting meningitis-induced deafness

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - 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...

Information and support for vestibular professionals and their patients

7 January 2021 | Company Profiles
The Meniere’s Society is the UK’s leading charity for people affected by vestibular conditions.

UV Smart D60: sustainability in every disinfection cycle

31 October 2023 | Company Profiles
The UV Smart D60 is a CE marked (MDR Class IIa) disinfection device specifically designed for channel-less ENT endoscopes and TEE probes.
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International consensus paper on implantable devices for conductive or mixed loss

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
This is a weighty but insightful ‘Special Feature’ paper in the June edition of Otology and Neurotology. It has the broad aim to gather current opinion from otologists, audiologists, manufacturers and health-economists from around the world on unilateral hearing implantation...

Assessing dizziness-related quality of life in the paediatric population

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
In this article, Devin McCaslin and Gary Jacobson share their experience of assessing dizziness-related quality of life in paediatric patients, and demonstrate that the involvement of care-givers is vital in ensuring the most appropriate assessment and treatment for this particular...

Wound moisture sensing in traumatic wounds

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - General
Wounds can be small and unpleasant, or may be large and life-threatening. The skin is a physical and an immunological barrier to infection, and any defect in the integrity of the skin may enable bacterial or fungal invasion. The successful...

Fifth Sense wins major funding from the National Lottery Community Fund

13 November 2019
Fifth Sense, the registered UK charity for those affected by smell and taste disorders, is delighted to announce that the organisation has been granted an award of £238,815 by the National Lottery Community Fund. The award will deliver the outcomes...

Help shape the future of mild to moderate hearing loss research

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
A James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership has been formed to help shape the future of research into mild-moderate hearing loss. Who is the Priority Setting Partnership? The Partnership brings together Hearing Link, Action on Hearing Loss, the British Society...

An audio inclusivity project

31 January 2026
Hackney has become the hub of a new initiative for audio inclusivity, with three of the London borough's leading music venues now boasting state-of-the-art, audio-inclusive acoustics. Audio inclusivity is a concept developed to ensure venues and experiences are accessible and welcoming for people of all hearing abilities, including those who are noise-sensitive.

By the people, for the people: a multidisciplinary facial nerve clinic with a difference

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Head & Neck
Facial nerve palsy is regularly seen in ENT clinics. Underlying diagnoses are excluded, and the patient is often then discharged to ‘see how it goes’, with or without an ophthalmology referral. Here, Catherine Meller describes how she and her team...

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
As tonsillectomy rates for recurrent sore throats have declined, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of OSA in children. Not always diagnosed early – or in some cases at all – and with continuing debate as to how...