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Reduction thyroplasty

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Introduction Male to female transgendered patients are referred to ENT for reduction thyroplasty – a procedure to reduce the external appearance of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx, and feminisation of the voice. Reduction thyroplasty, often erroneously called ‘tracheal shave’,...

BACO 2015 – Liverpool

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
Team BACO 2015: Academic Secretary, Peter Andrews; Treasurer, Chris Potter; Master, Ian Mackay and Local Host and Programme Director, Andrew Swift. (Photo taken by Academic Chairman, Shakeel Saeed.) In the height of a glorious English summer, over 1200 of the...

Assessing extended high-frequency hearing

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
The frequency range of human hearing spans 20 Hz to 20 kHz. In the UK, standard audiometry usually assesses 0.25–8 kHz; the extended high frequencies (EHFs) are those above 8 kHz. The importance of assessing EHF hearing has been increasingly...

Combined use of a hearing aid and a cochlear implant: a case study

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
When multi-channel cochlear implants (CIs) were first introduced in the 1980s, their use was restricted to people who derived no benefit from conventional amplification. Over the past three decades, however, the criteria for CIs has been relaxed considerably, and it...

How I lost my hearing aid…and other patient experiences

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
All audiologists, I am sure, would claim that they give full explanations of hearing aid controls and use of the devices at all fitting appointments. However, we know that patients do not always absorb all that they are told and...

Wellbeing – a Scandinavian perspective

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - General
The Swedish concept of ‘fika’ is a state of mind and can help to promote wellbeing in teams. But what is it, and how can it help? It is an interesting thought that being well is not the same as...

Adult hearing screenings has counselling opportunities

14 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Adult hearing screening has its challenges, particularly time constraints. Because the process itself is brief, we could efficiently screen dozens of adults per hour; at events such as health fairs, it’s tempting to march people through screenings as quickly as...

When things go wrong

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - General
The new-age, Paediatric Surgeon, Ray Clarke, (fear uasal, íseal), eloquently demands throwing off the shackles of the past and welcomes the dawning of an era of openness, transparency and candour, preferably suffused with compassion for both the patient and the...

‘Game changer’ for hearing at Brighton station

27 July 2026
The first UK rail station has permanently installed innovative technology to help people with hearing loss. Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express are using Auracast, Bluetooth technology which ensures that station announcements are broadcast direct from the public address system to hearing aids.

Detecting cancer margins during robotic head and neck cancer surgery using ambient mass spectrometry

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
We have known about altered metabolism in cancer cells since Otto Warburg described it 97 years ago. But can we take advantage of this knowledge in curing cancer? Jim Higginson explains the value of smoke generated during cancer surgery. The...

The history of bone-conduction devices

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
The evolution of bone-conduction hearing devices from the 1400s’ rudimentary designs to today’s advanced models has greatly improved hearing for individuals with conductive or mixed hearing loss. This article delves into the history and technical advancements over the years, as...

What I look for at a conference (and why you should go to BACO 2023)

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - General
Professor Claire Hopkins has attended more than her fair share of international meetings, and she shares her top tips. COVID has changed the face of medical education forever – who would have thought only a few years ago that we...