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What the people want and need: emerging service for communication needs in Ghana

There is a significant shortfall in rehabilitation service for people with communication difficulties across Majority World countries. It is known that many people in these countries are likely to seek help from a variety of sectors including western healthcare, religious...

Laryngeal Electromyography: Case Studies

Laryngeal Electromyography: Case Studies is a very useful, informative and up-to-date resource, particularly for clinicians with an interest in voice and swallowing disorders. The book provides a detailed yet practical approach to laryngeal electromyography, supported by clinical case studies and...

Wolves dressed like sheep – why posterior laryngeal lesions should (almost) always be biopsied

Vocal process granulomas (VPGs) are common benign exophytic lesions of the posterior larynx that can occur secondary to intubation injury, laryngopharyngeal reflux or voice abuse. Notorious for their tendency to recur, a conservative surgical approach can be tempting to employ...

MRONJ: surgical treatment outcomes and prognostic factors

This study from China assessed 197 patients with advanced mandibular disease who underwent radical surgery and had at least 6 months of follow-up. The extent of surgery varied from marginal resection and local flap closure, plate and pedicle flap to...

The comparative roles of fine-needle aspiration cytology, histopathology and MRI in the diagnosis of parotid tumours

The three modalities commonly used to diagnose parotid masses are fine-needle aspiration cytology, histopathology and MRI. The significance of each of these and a correlation between the three, along with one’s clinical input, takes one closer to a correct diagnosis...

Best options for management of unilateral vocal fold paralysis in children

This article covers common differential diagnosis of unilateral vocal fold paralysis in children and recommends a multidisciplinary systematic approach in the management of these children. It highlights the value of key appropriate investigations including stroboscopy, flexible naso-laryngoscopy, direct laryngoscopy, EMG...

Paediatric vocal fold paralysis

This paper takes a relatively complex paediatric airway problem and provides a structured approach from terminology and anatomy through to aetiology, assessment, investigation and management. I found it particularly clinically relevant because it provides a framework that can be applied...

Does ramus thickness influence a bad split

This is a retrospective study investigating 94 sagittal split osteotomies (47 patients, 94 splits) and their fracture patterns. They noted that class II patients had a thinner medullary bone than class III patients, whilst greater bone volume and ramus thickness...

Hearing loss is a social experience too

Stigma is something audiologists see every day, and this narrative review draws the evidence together. The authors searched PubMed for papers from 2018 to 2025, screened 77 and analysed 25. They describe stigma in public life, schools, workplaces and healthcare....

Laryngeal dystonia

This narrative review provides a comprehensive and clinically relevant overview of laryngeal dystonia (LD), covering its pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment options. The authors summarise the evidence supporting LD as a neurogenic movement disorder involving dysfunction of central sensorimotor networks, moving...

The upside-down bucket

This is a subject that has been covered before, that of hearing and ageing. It has long been debated exactly what changes as we age. Is it just the hair cell nerve damage impacting most of our higher frequencies, or...