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Virtual chromoendoscopy (VCE)

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
‘That’s a funny looking lesion on the larynx, it’s probably benign, but I should take a biopsy.’ Liz Ross and Ajith George discuss whether virtual chromoendoscopy will change this thought process. What are the origins and ENT applications? Traditional chromoendoscopy...

Direct-to-consumer hearing devices: a need to combine cosmetic appeal with device capabilities

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
How safe and desirable are direct-to-consumer amplification devices? A team has put a range of devices through their paces and compared them to a standard NHS hearing device. Why do most individuals who would benefit from hearing aids not try...

Covid-19 Tips and insights

26 March 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
The following blog articles have been kindly provided by Eric Levi. For more from Eric Levi, visit https://ericlevi.com/blog/ COVID19 affects everyone Posted on 01/04/2020 by Eric Levi Here’s a report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention looking at...

Changing perceptions in head and neck cancer management caused by quality of life issues

1 September 2010 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Sir Felix Semon was an outstanding clinician and exceptional laryngologist. The money raised by donations from his colleagues on his retirement in 1909 was used to establish the London University’s Semon Lecture. Semon’s Obituary in the BMJ, reads: “In Semon's...

Intelligent real-time sign language translator designed by teens wins £20,000 national tech-for-good prize

9 August 2021
On 16 July 2021, an intelligent real-time sign language translator designed by teens was announced as a winner for a £20,000 tech-for-good prize for 11-16-year-olds. The Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize challenges young, innovative minds to design and develop technological solutions...

DP Medical secures UK-exclusive distribution deal for new vocal implant

30 May 2022 | Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
An innovative vocal implant system, to be exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by DP Medical, will help patients recover and improve their voices.

The role of the respiratory physician in sleep medicine

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
ENT surgeons may feel that they are the first point of referral for the majority of patients with snoring and possible obstructive sleep apnoea, but in reality a significant number of patients with sleep-disordered breathing (of any cause) are seen...

What does an Olympic medal and surgery have in common?

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics
Competing against female Eastern Bloc athletes in the 1980s was a thankless task, demanding a mulish tenacity in an often futile cause. Ideal preparation for a career in surgery? My path to medicine was unusual, in that I left school...

Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Our irrepressible Features Editor, Chris Potter, explores the limits of ignorance. I’m not sure about you, but I seem to exist in a sea of incompetence and ignorance, constantly surrounded by amateurish chumps and feckless underachievers. Now, a lesser man...

Lies, damned lies and relative risk reduction

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - ENT
Chris Potter has a thing or two to say about the use of statistics and, in doing so, he takes us to a Friday night steak house that is prone to airway disasters and on a short tour of his...

Rethinking tinnitus ‘care’: the role of digital solutions

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Tinnitus
Experiencing tinnitus can be very distressing and accessible care is limited. Digital therapeutics is one way of addressing these concerns, as described by Dr Bardy. Tinnitus presents a significant clinical challenge for various healthcare professionals, including general practitioners (GPs), ENTs...

Rotational chair testing: “To rotate, or not to rotate, that is the real question”

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Passive whole body rotation tests are widely considered to be the ‘gold standard’ for the identification of bilateral peripheral vestibular disorders (bPVD), but also have a part to play in identifying unilateral disorders (uPVD). In this article Paul Radomskij discusses...