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MDT clinics for adults with learning disabilities and hearing loss

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Healthcare providers can have limitations and challenges providing optimum care for patients with intellectual disabilities. Siobhan Brennan and Susanna Goodhart highlight key professionals and carers who may be instrumental when trying to deliver good management and care along with other...

The rise of a medical ‘mirrorworld’

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are concepts we’ve heard of, but only seen in films such as Terminator, Minority Report and Mission Impossible. In this article, Tom Lovelock describes how AR/VR will impact our lives. A recent article...

Unexplained dizziness in elderly patients

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Otology
How do we explain unexplained dizziness in elderly patients? How far should we go with investigations? And most importantly, how should we manage this challenging and expanding group of patients whose balance affects their safety? Richard Ibitoye and Diego Kaski...

How trainees can make major contributions to practice

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
At a time when many of our trainees feel poorly supported and disheartened, the formation of a National ENT Trainee Research Network (Integrate) has been a major advance, enabling them to develop and execute research projects directly relevant to clinical...

Seven things ENT surgeons can learn from the hairdressers

8 August 2017 | | ENTA - General
In a nod to our origins as barber surgeons, Australian ENT surgeon and blogger Eric Levi gives us an entertaining insight into what he has learned from his hairdresser that makes him a better doctor. I’ve been to the hairdressers...

Migraine related vertigo

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Migraine is one of the commonest conditions an otologist will have to manage with up to half of migraineurs displaying vestibular symptoms. David Selvadurai provides an overview and management plan for this increasingly well recognised disorder. Migraine is a common...

Retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (RCPD) - inability to burp: treatment with Botox injection

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
As unusual as it may sound, some people have great difficulty burping. We hear of one approach to tackling this problem. Retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (RCPD) is a condition presenting with inability to burp, resulting in gaseous distension of the digestive...

Nasal and aural foreign body removal: another technique for a common problem

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Trying to remove foreign bodies from the ears and noses of children is something we have all struggled with at various times. Many people have their own top tips, and here Oliver McLaren and Alexander Walkden describe an ingenious way...

Endoscopic stapes surgery

14 April 2021 | | ENTA - Otology
Traditionally middle ear surgery, including stapes surgery, has been performed using the operating microscope. In this article the authors describe their experience with endoscopic middle surgery and share some of its advantages. Trans-canal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is now a...

Cochlear implantation in children with congenital single-sided deafness

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
To date, there has been very limited data supporting the effectiveness of early provision of a cochlear implant to the deaf ear in infants with congenital single-sided deafness. In this article, the authors share their pioneering work with this special...

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Management of single-sided deafness in adults: a bone conduction solution

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Single-sided deafness (SSD) presents a limited number of methods for management, and not all of them meet the patient’s expectations. The aim of this article is to set out the available bone-conduction treatment methods for managing single‑sided deafness in adults....