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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Ear, Nose and Throat

Ear, Nose and Throat current awareness bulletin

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June 2025

Association of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease and refractory chronic rhinosinusitis

Clinical practice guideline for management of tinnitus: recommendations from the US VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline Work Group

Clinical profile and recovery pattern of dysphonia following inhalation injury: a 10-year review

Clinical utility of limited channel sleep studies versus polysomnography for obstructive sleep apnoea (new Cochrane intervention review)

Current progress and future directions of immunotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a narrative review

FAMM flap in oral cavity and tongue defect reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Genetic and molecular differences in head and neck cancer based on smoking history

Hearing loss and falls: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hearing restoration through hair cell regeneration: a review of recent advancements and current limitations

A large-scale study of patients with preoperative vocal cord paralysis associated with thyroid disease and related clinicopathological features

NF2-related schwannomatosis: a view from within the inner ear

Otitis media in young children (NEJM clinical practice review)

Pain management after tonsillectomy—by demand or by-the-clock—is there a difference?

Patient-reported quality-of-life outcome measure after parotidectomy

Perceived taste loss from early adulthood to mid to late adulthood and mortality

Preoperative MRI, audiovisual speech perception, and mood are associated with cochlear implant outcomes in adults with postlingual deafness

Reduction of bleeding from pterygopalatal injection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Risk factors for free flap outcomes: a retrospective study of 318 free flaps for head and neck defect reconstruction

Survival outcomes related to treatment modalities in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

The trajectory of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and its influencing factors

Vestibular-evoked myogenic potential in otosclerosis: a systematic review

Sources

Burns (Mar); Cochrane Library (Apr-May); Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (May); Hearing Research (May-Jun); JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (Apr-May); Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (Mar); NEJM (Apr)

April 2025

Association between clinical factors and surgical outcomes for patients with persistent allergic rhinitis

Auditory working memory in noise in cochlear implant users: Insights from behavioural and neuronal measures

A change in voice (BMJ practice review)

Clinical characteristics in unilateral cochlear nerve canal stenosis

Clinical perspectives on the pathophysiology of facial synkinesis: a narrative review

Cochlear implant electrode placement and music perception

Early signs of auditory aging: hearing declines faster in individuals with extended high frequency hearing loss

Imaging and audiological features of children with cochlear nerve deficiency

Intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring criteria in primary hyperparathyroidism: a network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy

Microscopic over-under versus medial tympanoplasty for larger tympanic membrane perforations

Noise exposure history and age-related changes to hearing

Patient and caregiver experience of diagnosis, treatment, and living with recurrent oropharyngeal cancer

Patient-reported distress in individuals with head and neck cancer

Predictive model for prognosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss by nomogram

Predictors of thyroid gland invasion in total laryngectomy for advanced laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Symptoms, quality of life, and executive function in children who snore

Toward cognitive models of misophonia

Transcutaneous bone conduction implants in patients with single-sided deafness: objective and subjective evaluation

Unveiling the mind's ear: understanding the science behind auditory processing using illusion

Sources

BMJ, The (Jan); Cochrane Library (Feb-Mar); Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (Feb-Apr); Hearing Research (Feb-Apr); JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (Feb-Mar); NICE website (Feb-Mar)

February 2025

Association between mean platelet volume, platelet count, and distribution width with depth of invasion in oral cancers

Association of vestibular disorders and cognitive function: a systematic review

Cannabis use and head and neck cancer

Comorbid depression in patients with head and neck cancer compared with other cancers

Detection, patterns, and outcomes of recurrent HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Gene therapy for hereditary hearing loss

Misophonia: an underrecognized disease in pediatric patients

Narrow-band imaging in head and neck carcinomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Olfactory function and depression: a meta-analysis

Oncological outcomes of patients with oral potentially malignant disorders

Otolaryngic allergy patient journey mapping: a framework for allergy immunotherapy adherence

Outcome reporting in prospective studies evaluating neurostimulation for obstructive sleep apnea

Patient reported outcome measures used in surgical evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review

Photoangiolytic lasers for treatment of benign laryngeal lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Social determinants of health and language and academic outcomes in pediatric cochlear implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Survival outcomes of transoral microsurgery in T3/T4a laryngeal tumors: systematic review and meta-analysis

A systematic review of occult contralateral neck metastasis in tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma

Temporal trends in thyroid nodule size on ultrasonography: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Thermal ablation for papillary thyroid carcinoma

The use of oxymetazoline 0.1% ophthalmic solution for acquired blepharoptosis: a systematic review

Visualizing motions within the cochlea's organ of Corti and illuminating cochlear mechanics with optical coherence tomography

Why does tinnitus vary with naps? A polysomnographic prospective study exploring the somatosensory hypothesis

Sources

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (Jan); Hearing Research (Jan); JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (Dec-Jan); Laryngoscope, The (Dec-Jan)

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