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Risky behaviour: do care homes follow dysphagia recommendations?

5 November 2021 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy | aged care, barriers, dysphagia, rural, speech-language pathology, texture-modified diets
A huge proportion of elderly people living in residential care homes will develop dysphagia. In Australia this is estimated at close to two thirds of all residents. It is the role of the speech and language therapist to make recommendations...

Enhancing the pure-tone average calculation method for reporting hearing outcomes: the need for a transition to the logarithmic mean

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Comparing studies requires common approaches. Ali Faramarzi takes a moment to consider how to tackle the presentation of audiometric data in publications. Uniformity in reporting hearing outcomes is paramount for accurate evaluation and comparison of hearing-related research. Standardised guidelines are...

COVID-19 tracheostomies

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
This is a review of tracheostomies completed by an OMFS Unit in London from 10 March to 18 May 2020. A total of 176 COVID-19 patients were admitted to intensive care, 72 of which required tracheostomy due to prolonged respiratory...

Management of patients with advanced otosclerosis

1 October 2018 | | ENTA - Otology
This paper discusses the management options of advanced otosclerosis. There are several definitions for advanced otosclerosis in the literature but, more recently, the diagnosis of advanced otoscletosis has been reserved for patients who have less than 30% aided speech discrimination...

When dinosaurs ruled the earth

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - ENT
Optimism is abundant in medical research, but frequently ends up being tempered with reality. In his inimitable style, Chris Potter looks back over his career – starting with his medical school memories of Bentley-driving ENT consultants, and moving forward through...
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COVID-19 and dysphagia in critically ill patients: a reflection of some findings

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Dysphagia was a common occurrence in patients admitted to intensive care units (ITU) during the pandemic. This paper explores data from 26 ITUs over 12 months during 2020-2021. Findings from 235 patients admitted with Delta and subsequent Covid variants who...

A practical approach to tinnitus

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Otology
Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source. The estimated prevalence in adults is between 10-15% [1]. In patients with significant tinnitus, prompting them to seek medical attention, 50% will have improved to mild or no tinnitus by...

In conversation with Trevor McGill

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
After more than four decades of paediatric clinical practice, Trevor McGill shares his wealth of experience and knowledge with Pat Bradley. Trevor, as a national and internationally acknowledged Paediatric Oto-Rhino-Laryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, to what do you owe this...

Wilde and the foundations of medical epidemiology

26 June 2020 | | ENTA - Otology
William Wilde (father of Oscar) was renowned as an otologist, but less well known for his work in epidemiology. The bedrock of the modern discipline of public health is good data collection, and we hear from our good friend, Ray...

Hearing loss in the workplace

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
It is probably accurate to say that most jobs today can be effectively performed by people who have hearing loss. In this article Dr Sam Trychin outlines some of the major issues which should be considered in regard to hearing...

Ear wax removal: should anyone and everyone perform it?

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Earwax removal is a controversial and much-debated issue in audiology. Risks and public safety call for reforms, sparking discussion on professional standards. Earwax is a natural secretion produced by the ear. It is an amalgamation of desquamous epithelial skin cells,...

Should human beings sleep in the prone position?

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - ENT
Are we poised for a ‘sleep prone’ campaign to reduce nocturnal apnoeas? Prof Armin Moniri presents a fascinating account of how sleeping position can affect obstructive sleep apnoea. Inspired by sleeping position of other mammals, a new mattress and pillow...