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Talking through technology – keeping up with the mainstream

1 January 2018 | | Alternative access, augmentative and alternative communication, accessibility, scanning, assistive technology
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system development has often made early use of innovative technology. Touch screens have been a part of this technology for some time. In fact, touch screens were invented in 1965 but it wasn’t until the...

Inter-aural hearing preservation in cochlear implantation

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants | Binaural, Cochlear implant, Hearing Preservation, Paediatric, Technique
Hearing preservation during cochlear implantation is becoming increasingly important, although results can be unpredictable. NICE are in the process of updating their guidance in the UK and it is possible that those with better hearing than the current candidates will...

Minimally invasive surgery vs. linear incision for BAHA – outcomes compared at six months

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
The postoperative outcomes which are clinically relevant now in bone anchored hearing device surgery have come a long way over the past decade. The newer techniques have meant that previous concerns with skin numbness and cosmesis are now such rare...

Managing hearing preservation expectations of adult CI patients

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
This paper is a single-centre review of adult cochlear implants in patients with preserved low-frequency hearing, focusing on the outcomes at 10 months post-implantation, and the rates of electroacoustic stimulation actually used in this group of patients. The centre identified...

Hearing preservation in CI, any predictors?

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
The electrically evoked compound action potential (eCAP), obtained non-invasively from cochlear implant (CI) recipients, represents a population response of the auditory nerve to electrical stimulation. The eCAP characteristics include threshold (the lower the better), growth of response (the steeper the...

Screening: evaluating the outcomes of early intervention

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Newborn hearing screening is now the accepted standard of care in several countries, and is becoming increasingly more established worldwide. White [1] reported eight countries screening over 90% of newborns, ten screening between 25-89% of births and a further 54...

Mindfulness meditation: how personal experience of managing severe pain contributes to understanding tinnitus management

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
In this interesting article the author describes the potential benefit of mindfulness in the management of tinnitus, using a case report to illustrate this.This may well be an additional direction we can suggest for our patients. Mindfulness is a word...

Evidence based practice in paediatric audiology

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Audiology, like most of the health sciences professions, has been working on integrating evidence-based practice principles since the mid-1990s [1]. Professional organisations and regulatory colleges have produced evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, disseminated them to audiologists and collaborated with practitioners to...

Why and what should hearing care professionals know about cognitive impairment and dementia

27 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Neurotology
Good reasons to care about cognitive impairment and dementia in audiology If asking people what they fear most when getting to old age, it is cognitive decline that is named most often. This comes with the expectation of limitations in...

13th Winter Days of Laryngology

17 January 2024 -20 January 2024
Dr Samuel Hofmann, ENT/Laryngologist, Lindenhofspital/Praxis Länggasse, Bern, Switzerland and Mr Philippe F de Z Bowles, Consultant ENT Surgeon/Laryngologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK. This successful meeting, hosted once again at L’Hôtel de L’Étrier in the Swiss Alps,...

Minimum stimulus strategy for the diagnosis of BPPV

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Explore the innovative minimum stimulus strategy (MSS) for diagnosing benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), enhancing accuracy while minimising patient discomfort. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common vestibular disorder where canalolithiasis or cupulolithiasis causes sudden episodes of vertigo, triggered...

TSESI Scholarship: a dream come true for young otolaryngologists

6 September 2021
The main objective of the Tarabichi-Stammberger Ear Sinus Institute (TSESI) is to help young otolaryngologists to develop a common learning platform, improve surgical skills and engage in research work. It is the shared observation of Dr Tarabichi and the late...