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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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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)

December 2024

Augmented and virtual reality applications in rhinology: a scoping review

Changing trends in the clinical characteristics and treatment strategies for odontogenic sinusitis over the past 10 years

Chronic rhinosinusitis and mental health

Cognitive impairment and mild to moderate dysphagia in elderly patients

The effect of acoustically enriched environment on structure and function of the developing auditory system

Effect of fasting time before anesthesia on postoperative complications in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy

Effect of rurality in head and neck cancer: a scoping review

Frozen section analysis of sentinel nodes in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Gene therapy for hearing loss: current status and future prospects of non-viral vector delivery systems

The impact of vocal tremor on deglutition: a pilot study

Medical management of headache and facial pain in CRS: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Osteitis in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis

Osteitis in diseases with unilateral opacification of paranasal sinuses

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

Outcomes of adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea in children under 3 years of age

Quality of life outcomes for parotid malignancies

Risk factor-related lifestyle habits of patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux

Sensory and affective dimensions in loudness perception: insights from young adults

Sphenomaxillary plate: landmine or landmark?

Surgery-related considerations in treating people who use cannabis: a review

Tobacco use in patients with ENT tumours: deficits in the provision of education and smoking cessation support

Velopharyngeal function post head and neck cancer: a review

Vocal control and speech production in cochlear implant listeners: a review within auditory-motor processing framework

Sources

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

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