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Tone deafness and perfect pitch

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
If you think you are tone deaf, do not despair. Singing tuition should help but it is probably too late to hope to develop perfect pitch. Consultant otolaryngologist and keen musician, Chris Aldren, discusses the complex and fascinating subject of...

Endoscopic ear surgery in children

1 May 2016 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
The benefits of endoscopes in otologic surgery, which have become increasingly widely appreciated in recent years, are very well suited to the management of paediatric middle ear disease. Although one might imagine that the smaller ear canal of a child...

In conversation with Lucy Carter

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Sound Seekers is a UK based charity, seeking to help deaf people, particularly children, in the poorest communities in the world. The aim is to work in partnership with local organisations and institutions to ensure we deliver sustainable and cost-effective...

In Conversation with Professor John Russell, President of CEORL-HNS Dublin 2024

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
John Russell is professor of paediatric otolaryngology in Dublin and the President of the CEORL-HNS Congress in his hometown. Declan Costello caught up with him to find out what we can expect from the meeting, not just academically, but also...

Chronic rhinosinusitis management: back to the future?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Immunology is a dim and distant medical school memory to many ENT surgeons, but the increasingly complex immunology of chronic rhinosinusitis is fascinating (honestly!). Medical management options in CRS no longer just involves saline and steroids, and we need to...

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence: transmastoid obliteration

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders, ENTA - Otology
Sometimes patients with dizziness turn out to have slightly more unusual causes of their problem. Thomas Milner and Georgios Kontorinis describe their technique for managing patients who have a diagnosis of superior canal dehiscence as an identified cause of their...

Audiological approach to treatment of blast-induced tinnitus

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Hearing loss and tinnitus resulting from blast waves in the war zone is becoming more common in our clinics. Hamid Jalilvand based in Tehran, shares his experience in audiological rehabilitation and research findings on patients in his clinics with a...

Unravelling the mystery of hyperacusis with pain

1 January 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
When a person says that sound causes them pain, how can we understand this, and determine what processes are involved? Bryan Pollard navigates us through what is presently known. Pain has long been underrepresented – and often, completely overlooked –...

Adult speech testing in the UK

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
What do hearing healthcare providers see as the benefits and barriers to delivering speech testing? This article explores the latest research. Why speech testing? Speech tests have been used across ENT and audiology practice to measure an individual’s speech recognition...

Empowering hearing rehabilitation professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
The Hearing Healthcare Alliance empowers professionals across Africa and Asia through comprehensive training programmes, improving local hearing rehabilitation services. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 430 million people worldwide require rehabilitation for disabling hearing loss [1]. This number...

Selective upper airway stimulation

1 May 2016 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is one of the most common diseases in industrialised countries and is characterised by an intermittent obstruction of the upper airway during sleep. The standard treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which...

PHACON artificial bone models for ENT training

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - Otology
Simulation, both in training and clinical practice, has become an increasingly important facet of a surgeon’s life. The escalating costs of cadaveric material makes synthetic alternatives an attractive proposition but, up until recently, these artificial versions have lacked the material...