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Congenital CMV: investigations and management in the audiology setting

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the only cause of congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for which there is a medical treatment available to prevent further hearing loss. Dr Simone Walter discusses cCMV infection, cCMV-related hearing loss, and how to facilitate their...

Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Epiphora, or abnormal tearing, occurs because of blockage in the lacrimal drainage system, which impairs normal tear channeling into the nose. Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is used to treat patients diagnosed with lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). External DCR was...

Head and neck cancer and PET-CT

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is an imaging technique in which abnormalities of tissue metabolism are precisely superimposed onto the anatomy. It relies on the premise that malignant cells are more metabolically active compared with non-malignant cells. On this basis,...

Facial pain: the differential diagnosis in an ENT clinic

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
The patient presenting with facial pain can be a heartsink. Fear not – Bhaskar Ram and Sangeeta Maini are here with a succinct overview of the common non-sinogenic causes of facial pain and headache, and how to manage them. Facial...

First UK hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant in the treatment for moderate to severe OSA

25 April 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea has been treated in many different ways over the years. We hear from Yakubu Karagama about one of the latest surgical developments. Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is by far the most common sleep disorder, affecting all...

Office-based PRP injection for benign vocal fold disorders

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Awake transnasal laryngeal injection has become globally popularised. This article discusses autologous plasma as a regenerative alternative to synthetic materials. Regenerative therapies are increasingly being explored across a range of specialties. Among these, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has seen the widest...

Dementia assessments for people with deafness, deafblindness or visual impairment in Scotland

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
How is the medical community doing with assessing cognitive decline in those with a sensory impairment? The ALLIANCE Scottish Sensory Hub was tasked with finding out. Background There is growing evidence of a connection between dementia and sensory loss. However,...

Developing an Innovation for ENT – from Idea to Market: how ‘e-i’ did it

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - General
Background endoscope-i (e-i) Ltd was incorporated into Companies House on December 3rd, 2012 following eight months of developing our first project, a simple iPhone adapter for endoscopes. Of the three founding shareholders, two are ENT surgeons and one a lecturer...

Between sirens and silence: the burden on otorhinolaryngologists in wartime Ukraine

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Ukrainian ENT teams continue life-saving and routine care under air raid alerts, with staff shortages, strained resources and the long psychological toll of war. War reshapes medicine long before it destroys hospitals. It alters the rhythm of clinical work, the...

Developing ENT services in Zambia

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Head & Neck
Lufunda Lukama and Matthew Clark. Lufunda Lukama is an ENT surgeon in Zambia. In a country of 19.6 million, he is one of five such specialists. It is not difficult to see the problem that he, and the country as...

Isshiki Thyroplasty Type 2

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Indication Adductor spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition of unknown aetiology. The symptoms are believed to be caused by involuntary contraction of the adductor muscles of the vocal cord as a result of an abnormality of neurotransmitters in the basal...

Genetic research on hereditary hearing loss and clinical application in the Chinese population

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
Congenital deafness in China affects more people than the entire population of Australia. Prof Wang give us a comprehensive insight into one of the main congenital disabilities in China, looking into the causes of deafness and the benefits of genetic...