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Long-term outcomes of children and young people with cochlear implants

5 June 2017 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Introduction Profound childhood hearing loss has a huge impact on early communication skills, the acquisition of spoken language, and hence on educational attainments and employment prospects. Over the centuries, educators of the deaf attempted to overcome the challenge by using...

Imagine a future without hearing loss

1 March 2017 |
This article reflects on both the past 20 years and the next 20 years of research and service provision for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The authors describe how universal newborn hearing screens have had a dramatic...
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From Listening to Language: Comprehensive Intervention to Maximise Learning for Children and Adults with Hearing Loss

4 September 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
How does one build a two-storey house? Start with a firm foundation, followed by a strong structure. Only then can the floors and attic be added. Madell and Hewitt provide practitioners with this same blueprint to facilitate optimal outcomes for...

A Dictionary of Hearing

1 November 2014 |
This book is aimed at students and professionals working in the fields of otology and audiology. It would be suitable for audiologists, nurses and doctors, teachers of the deaf and speech and language therapists. The price is set at £36.99,...

Single sided deafness and cochlear implants

6 October 2017 | | Single-sided deafness, binaural hearing, cochlear implant, quality of life, tinnitus
Cochlear implants (CI) can restore hearing in the profoundly deaf ear. Risk/ benefit and cost considerations dictate strict criteria that must be met for patients to be eligible. People with single-sided deafness are not eligible to receive a cochlear implant...

School-Based Audiology

1 March 2014 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
I was interested to read this book which aims to cover the basics required for school based audiologists (or ‘educational audiologists’ as they are also known) working in the USA, as I had limited knowledge of this role. The role...

In conversation with Rachel Shenton, writer and actress in The Silent Child

1 July 2018 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Adult
Rachel Shenton shares her recent Oscar achievement with us in this interview, along with her commitment to supporting those with hearing loss to be able to access the arts. She tells us also about her latest project… Rachel Shenton. Firstly...

The common frontal sinusotomy (Lothrop) and chronic rhinosinusitis

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
As our understanding of the pathophysiology of CRS evolves, so do our treatment strategies. It is accepted that in many cases, the main role of surgery is to allow better penetration of topical therapies to the sinus cavities. What, then,...

Screening: evaluating the outcomes of early intervention

1 January 2015 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Newborn hearing screening is now the accepted standard of care in several countries, and is becoming increasingly more established worldwide. White [1] reported eight countries screening over 90% of newborns, ten screening between 25-89% of births and a further 54...

‘The Sun does not forget a village just because it is too small’ – African proverb

1 November 2014 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
Solar powered hearing aids In the middle of the morning of January 24, 2002, I had been in Otse for only three days, a village of 3500 in the south of Botswana, when I heard a knock at the door....

In conversation with Professor Graeme Clark

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
As we celebrate the cochlear implant, we celebrate an amazing work of innovative biomedical engineering that is a life-changer to many recipients around the world. We take for granted the arduous journey of the cochlear implant since its conception. Eric...

Hearing loss: a challenge in Uganda

13 September 2020
The charity, Helping Uganda Schools (HUGS), started 25 years ago. It funds the building of schools and sponsors young adults to university level. Education empowers, enhances lives and gives prosperity to countries.