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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),...
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Association between dysphagia and sarcopenia: implications for assessment of older people

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Dependency, Depression, Dysphagia, Sarcopenia
The onset of swallowing difficulties with progressive age is reported to occur in 13-35% of the elderly population. Sarcopenia is characterised by a decrease in muscle mass, strength and function. Sarcopenic dysphagia is a relatively new term. Its prevalence is...

X-ray vs. intraoperative testing for determining cochlear implant placement

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Cochlear implants, Hearing loss, Intraoperative NRT, Postoperative X-ray imaging
Most cochlear implant centres confirm electrode position after surgery using X-rays to ensure optimal electrode placement. As well as transorbital view X-rays, this team check placement using impedance measures and neural response telemetry (NRT) performed intraoperatively. The former indicates whether...
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The future of fall detection

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Falls are a major global health burden. According to the World Health Organization, they are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, with adults older than 65 at the greatest risk of a fatal fall. For every death...

Occupational dust exposure and nasal polyposis

1 January 2019 |
This interesting European cross-sectional study demonstrates a link between occupational dust exposure and the presence of nasal polyposis. A random sample of textile workers (215) and retail store employees (101) in Portugal was taken, with clinical data gathered through a...

From Irish innovation to Global impact: Tympany Medical seeks investors

15 October 2025 | Company Profiles
Irish MedTech pioneer Tympany Medical has launched a €600,000 crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube under the Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme (EIIS), offering a 50% tax rebate for Irish taxpayers. The campaign invites both seasoned and first-time investors to back innovation...

Listening differences in autistic individuals

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
In this article Erin Schafer, Lauren Mathews and Andrea Dunn outline the common auditory issues that autistic individuals face in comparison with their neurotypical peers and highlight the need to move beyond the traditional audiologic test battery when working with...

Incoming RSM Presidents share their plans for the year

8 October 2021
Section of Laryngology & RhinologyMichael Kuo – PresidentVictoria Possamai – Honorary Secretary Another academic year for the RSM beckons. The programmes that Tim Woolford and Guri Sandhu presented, culminating in the first ‘face to face’ ENT meeting this year, both...

Trainee-led collaborative research and audit in ENT: where are we now?

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
In late 2015 INTEGRATE, the UK ENT Trainee Research Network, was formed. Since then, two national projects have been completed and INTEGRATE has grown into a larger, more structured organisation, with otology, head and neck and rhinology subcommittees working alongside...

The ENT operating theatre viewed down the retrospectoscope

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
We learn much of our future by looking at our past; Douglas MacMillan provides us with a fascinating glimpse into his years as a junior doctor. The operating theatre was a somewhat alien environment in the late 1960s: theatre sisters...

BACO: evolution and modernisation

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Chairing the local organising committee is no small task, but it has a personal connection for Tim Woolford, as he tells us. I attended my first BACO in Manchester as a registrar, and have attended every one since. In July,...

OBITUARY: Prof Shanmugam Kameswaran (1923-2021)

10 August 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Professor Shanmugam Kameswaran was born in 1923 and did his MBBS and MS at Madras Medical College, India, under PV Cherian who later became the Governor of Maharashtra, India. He worked as his assistant and left for the UK in...