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Do we need contrast MRI when screening for vestibular schwannoma?

2 November 2020 | | Neurotology, Otology, Skull Base Surgery
Gadolinium contrast enhanced T1-weighted (gT1w) MRI images of the internal acoustic meati have long been considered the gold standard in the diagnosis of vestibular schwannoma (VS). However, the addition of contrast to the MRI examination increases the cost and time...
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Relationship between high resolution radiological features of the otic capsuleand audiometric parameters in patients with otscerosis

4 May 2023 | | Otology | Diagnostic Imaging, Otosclerosis, Prognosis, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
The audiometric pattern in patients with otosclerosis and outcomes of stapedectomy are variable. Whether this has anything to do with the number of sites affected by otosclerosis in the otic capsule and the disease pattern according to foci location, foci...

Advances in surgical innovation for head and neck cancer

1 March 2018 | | Intraoperative imaging, Sentinel node biopsy, Stereolithic modeling, Transoral robotic surgery
This article reviews current advances in surgical treatment of head and neck cancers such as sentinel node biopsy, stereolithic modelling, transoral robotic surgery and intra-operative imaging of tumour margins. Sentinel node biopsy has been found to be especially useful for...

Robotic surgery for ventral skull base malignancy

9 October 2017 | | Malignancies, Robotic surgery, Sinonasal, Skull base, Ventral skull base
The use of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the head and neck area has been shown to be a safe and effective technique, achieving good oncological clearance of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, supraglottis and glottic area. However, robotic surgery for the...

Deep space neck infections – salivary gland as source is commoner in elderly patients

1 January 2017 |
Whilst deep space neck infections (DNI) can originate from many sources, dental and salivary glands are commonly the culprit. This paper details 44 patients treated for deep space neck infections originating from salivary gland and compares them to a previously...

European Laryngological Society Virtual Meeting 2020

3 July 2020 | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
@2.00pm - 7.00pm (UTC+2)

Prophylactic swallowing exercises in head and neck cancer

1 May 2015 |
Clinicians working in head and neck cancer will be familiar with the increased interest in prophylactic swallowing exercises to reduce the devastating impact of dysphagia experienced by patients undergoing radiation or chemo-radiation therapy. This study from Denmark is one of...

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...

Detecting hearing loss in the military: are the current methods adequate?

1 July 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
A team at the University of Southampton have been funded by the Ministry of Defence to investigate how to improve the assessment of auditory fitness for duty in the UK Armed Forces. Matt Blyth talks us through the current methods...

2020 Unmasked - By Vedika Dhunnoo

2 April 2021 | | COVID-19
Over decades, humankind has vied to reach new heights of development. Yet, despite the unparalleled advances, in this frenzy, mankind has lost itself. 2020 marks the turning point; the year that unmasked the lessons of the past, the ones forgotten...

Audiology in this issue... Paediatric Audiology Gamechangers (NovDec18)

7 November 2018
Fifty years ago, the National Conference on Education of the Deaf followed up on the Babbidge Report of 1965, recognising the failure of oralism in deaf education. Because young, deaf children at that time did not have access to sound, they could not develop speech and language. Further, because children were identified at two years or later, early intervention was only a dream.

Fifth Sense James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for smell and taste disorders

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Research priorities in the past have been dominated by the quixotic curiosity of individual academics and the capricious generosity of funding organisations. There must be a better way... At Fifth Sense, research is fundamental to the work we do. Above...