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Benchmarking for innovation in healthcare ­– an approach from 
Down Under and a gap in the 
National Health Service?

29 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Benchmarking is a process of comparison between the performance characteristics of separate, often competing, organisations intended to enable each participant to improve its own performance [1]. Often, in healthcare, benchmarking is carried out by central government departments or regional agencies...

How good ideas become great products: in conversation with three medical innovators

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - General
Ever had a great idea for an innovation that would significantly improve your practice, but wondered how to go about developing it? Lucy Dalton interviewed three consultant ENT surgeons-come-successful innovators (one international, one novice and one experienced) who explain what...

Growing up smelling the roses

1 March 2017 | | Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma, allergic rhinitis, loss of smell, olfaction
How often do we ask about sense of smell in children? Undoubtedly, the olfactory function is seldom formally assessed in the paediatric population, although evidence exists to suggest its potential links with handicap in children’s learning and development. This large...

Selective otolith dysfunctions objectively verified

1 May 2015 | | Vestibular, cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential, ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential, otolith, utricular
Three cases of patients with acute onset vertigo are presented here. The presenting symptoms are described for each case along with the results of vestibular and audiologic examination. This paper focuses on the results of vHIT in the plane of...

Does balloon tuboplasty work in the long term, and how can we measure outcomes?

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
There is much interest and debate at ENT conferences and within current literature about the role of balloon dilatation techniques for Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD), a condition which we still only have limited understanding of, and which can be challenging...
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery journal cover image.

Eustachian tube dysfunction usually improves following endoscopic sinus surgery

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | eustachian tube dysfunction, ETDQ-7, rhinosinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery
This study investigated effects of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) on eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) and factors associated with improvement. This was a retrospective study which included 302 patients over 17 years old who underwent ESS between 1 December 2016 and...
The Laryngoscope journal cover image.

What is the quality of patient-reported outcomes of salivary function?

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Sjogren's syndrome, patient reported outcome measures, sialadenitis, systematic review, xerostomia
Salivary gland dysfunction has multiple causes and can have significant impact on quality of life, particularly when symptoms are severe. There are several patient-reported outcomes (PROMS) that assess these issues; however, these are variable in what they measure. This systematic...

Robotic assisted orbital surgery (RAOS) – a novel approach to orbital malignancy surgery

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Robotic technology in ENT surgery has been used in certain areas of head and neck cancer care but, in this article, we hear of an exciting development from the team at Guy’s & St Thomas’. Advances in surgical robotic technology...

Thyroid ultrasound elastography: does nodule stiffness predict malignancy?

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Approximately 50% of the general population has a thyroid nodule while 5-15% of these are malignant [1]. A major challenge, therefore, is how to detect the malignant nodules for appropriate, timely treatment and avoid unnecessary, costly investigations for the remainder....

Workplace culture: observations of audiology in Northern England and Western Australia

29 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Working with a diverse workforce and coping with transition forced me to consider the importance of cultural differences in the workplace. Only by trying to understand these differences can you understand others’ behaviour and what motivates the team. I have...

Facing up to the challenge of behavioural observation in infant hearing assessment

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
The ability to assess detection and discrimination of speech by infants has proved elusive. Dr Iain Jackson and colleagues discuss how new technologies and fresh approaches might offer valuable insight into young infants’ behavioural responses to sound. The limits of...

Manuel Patricio Rodriguez Garcia (1805-1906): The ‘inventor of the laryngoscope’ and world-renowned singing teacher

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Paris was the birthplace of the laryngoscope, invented by Manuel Garcia. As we are in Paris for IFOS 2017, Neil Weir tells us about this fascinating man, who travelled the world and was a renowned singer and laryngologist. Manuel Patricio...