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Foretelling: post-stroke recovery of dysphagia is predicted by cognition

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Around two thirds of people in the acute phase of stroke recovery will experience dysphagia. Up to six months following a stroke this may be present in 13-18% of cases. The degree of cognitive impairment seems to be associated with...
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Dizziness questionnaire and telemedicine during Covid pandemic

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
During the initial phases of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, delivery of ENT care adapted significantly. Kaleva et al present their findings of telephone balance consultations during the pandemic with a randomised prospective study utilising a dizziness questionnaire in West...
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Choosing instrumental assessments of swallowing for children

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Swallowing disorders in children are increasingly common due to advances in medical care allowing them to survive prematurity or complex health conditions. Careful assessment of eating and drinking is necessary to ensure that children are managed both safely and with...
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Vascular disease and sudden sensorineural hearing loss

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Tinnitus
Oussoren et al performed a systematic review and meta-analyses of current literature on the above topic: specifically, cardiovascular risk factors for developing idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (iSSNHL), the presence of white matter hyperintensities in patients with iSSNHL and the...

Recovery of vestibular function after vestibular neuritis

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
It is well known that recovery from vestibular neuritis (VN) is not solely mediated through central vestibular compensation, but also at the peripheral level. The authors conducted a prospective study to track the dynamic changes in recovery from vestibular neuritis...
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What is the relationship between swallowing difficulties and underlying mental health issues?

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
People living with dysphagia often experience mental health difficulties. This study aimed to identify whether pre-existing anxiety and depression impacted patient scores on a patient-reported swallowing outcome measure, the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) where a score of ≥3 is indicative...
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A safe management pathway for low-risk head and neck cancer suspected referrals

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Head and neck cancer is the eighth most common malignancy and numbers are increasing. This has led to increasing number of suspected cancer referrals which, with imposition of the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard implemented in 2020, has further burdened the...
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Posterior TM perforations carry greater hearing loss: practical pointers for clinic

7 January 2026 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Tinnitus
This single-centre prospective study of 100 adults with central pars tensa perforations examined how perforation size and quadrant relate to hearing loss. Using video-otoscopy to estimate perforation area and pure tone audiometry for thresholds, the authors found hearing loss in...

BACO – the early years

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
The origins of the British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) are indelibly intertwined in the mists of time with the foundation of the British Association of Otolaryngology (BAO). For further information on the latter I can only refer the interested...

Hyposalivation: a review of current and future treatments

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Hyposalivation remains a stubbornly difficult condition to treat, but novel therapies may not be far away. Saliva has many essential functions, including aiding digestion and swallowing, lubrication, maintaining tooth integrity and antibacterial activity. When patients experience reduced saliva production (hyposalivation),...

From the editor SeptemberOctober 2022

2 September 2022 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net A few weeks ago, the ENT & Audiology News editorial team had a very productive meeting...

Trainee-led collaborative research and audit in ENT: where are we now?

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
In late 2015 INTEGRATE, the UK ENT Trainee Research Network, was formed. Since then, two national projects have been completed and INTEGRATE has grown into a larger, more structured organisation, with otology, head and neck and rhinology subcommittees working alongside...