Week 208 - Ear Disease, Disorders of Balance, and Acute ENT Conditions

 

Contents

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Overview of the week

Pre-course resources

Cases (directs to another page)

Self-assessment quizzes

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Overview of the week

 

Welcome to the 2025 ENT Course. 

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We are delighted to offer ENT teaching to the Year 2 GEM course. ​Week 208 looks at a specific subset of ENT study - that of ear disease and ENT emergencies. You won't cover all of the important emergencies here, as some are covered in years 3 and 4 when you are on placement with ENT.

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Below is a timetable for the week. This is subject to change, so please regularly check your emails and crossreference with your university timetable. 

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During the week you will have ten case histories to follow. That sounds like a lot but almost all of the questions asked on the case studies will be answered as we go through the week so that, during the end-of-the-week tutorials, you will have all of the resources needed to be able to discuss the cases easily. During the Friday session, we will get you as a cohort to vote on which 3 cases you want us to cover in detail.

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Cases of the week can be viewed here

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Pre-course resources

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All of the resources listed here have been created specifically for the ENT Course in Swansea University by the ENT Education Swansea team. They are specific to your course.

 

Video Resources

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Here are links to the videos and PowerPoint shows. Please look through these before your sessions as this will help you understand the content of sessions and deepen your understanding of the topic.

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1. Anatomy of the ear introduction - downloads a PowerPoint show by Chris Summers

2. Ear examination

3. Tuning fork testing - downloads a PowerPoint show by Rhodri Costello

4. Nose examination

5. Oral and oropharyngeal examination

6. Neck examination

7. Ear anatomy videos by Sam Webster - subscribe to his YouTube account.

8. Hearing loss overview - downloads powerpoint show by Simon Browning

9. Audiology overview video by Alex Teasdale

10. Overview of Balance - a powerpoint show by Simon Browning

11. Hearing physiology - downloads a PowerPoint show by Rhodri Costello

 

Written Resources

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1. www.enteducationswansea.org The website has pages on all of the topics covered in your course.

2. Presentations will be posted for download as we move through the course, here.

3. The cases that you will be following through the week are below.

 

Other Helpful Resources

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ENTSHO.com (Links to an external site.)

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ABC of Ear, Nose and Throat (5th Ed). Ludman and Bradley. Blackwell Publishing.

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Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery, An Illustrated Colour Text. Dhillon and East. Churchill Livingston.

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Quizzes for self-assessment

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Each of the following links will take you to a short assessment of knowledge. The quizzes collect your responses so that we can identify areas that the class may need further teaching on. No personal data is collected, it's all anonymous.

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Monday:

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Physiology of hearing

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Conductive Hearing Loss

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Sensory Hearing Loss

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Vestibular Physiology 1

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Vestibular Physiology 2 - Nystagmus

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Tuesday:

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Otoscopy

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Tuning Forks

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Wednesday:

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Ear Discharge

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Ménière's Disease

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Audiograms

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BPPV 1.

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BPPV 2.

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Vestibular History Taking.

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Friday:

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Otitis Media

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Tinnitus

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Other Assessments:

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A Case of Unilateral Deafness.

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Head and Neck Disease:

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Neck lumps, dysphonia, dysphagia, referred otalgia.

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