Ear Talk
By Dr Elizabeth Adesugba
Ear Talk Jan 27, 2022
Ear Wax Removal Services and Tinnitus with Dr Rakesh Chopra
In this episode we get a little personal with Dr Rakesh Chopra to understand his clinical journey and how he became a teacher of ENT in Primary Care. We then discuss the provision of ear wax removal services and what Dr Chopra thinks about who should be providing this service. We finish off with some points on Tinnitus and some advice that Dr Chopra has for our members.
Dr Chopra is a nationally recognized teacher of ENT in Primary Care, a GP in St Helens, and has been a GPwER in ENT for the St. Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust for the last 18 years. Dr Chopra has been the Chairperson for the RCGP, London, ENT ODE conference, for the last 8 years. Besides medicine he has a wide range of interests, including playing music. He has published three novels.
Person Centred Care and Patient Rehabilitation in Audiology with Dr Christine DePlacido
Christine qualified as an Audiologist from the School of Audiology in Glasgow in 1975. Following several posts and further study, she obtained a Senior lectureship in 2006 and her PhD in 2016.
She currently works as an independent trainer and counsellor, her particular interests are tinnitus, balance and person-centred practice.
Christine is also the Author of a book titled 'Experiences of acquiring hearing loss: Lessons for rehabilitation' which is available for purchase on Amazon.
With a Career spanning over 47 years, Christina brings a lot of experience to the conversation highlighting important aspects of Audiology that we do not always consider.
Episode 8 The Business of Audiology with Paul Minikin
Paul discusses some of the principles he has learned over the years he has been in business and shares some of his practical tips for maintaining a successful Audiology practice.
Episode 7: A Celebration of Tinnitus Awareness Week with Dr James Jackson
We discuss his personal hearing loss and tinnitus journey as well as how that fueled his passion for learning more about and how to support people suffering from tinnitus. He also shares some tips for managing patients with tinnitus but no hearing loss.
Below is a link to the application James discusses in this episode.
www.hearingpower.co/tinnibot/
Episode 6: Sudden Unilateral Hearing Loss with Carly Sygrove
In this episode Carly describes her experience with sudden unilateral hearing loss and her journey so far. She also discusses some of the physical and emotional effects of a unilateral and sudden hearing loss.
Please find below a link to her blog and the hearing loss support website:
Sudden Hearing Loss Support - Information, Advice and Support
Episode 5: Starkey Hearing and the Covid-19 Pandemic
On this episode we are joined by Neil Pottinger, the European Director of Marketing at Starkey. We discuss how the Covid-19 Pandemic affected Starkey and how they were able to navigate the hurdles it created.
Episode 4 : A Discussion with the CEO of BSHAA Professor David Welbourn
We learn about Professor Welbourn's journey with BSHAA so far and discuss some of the benefits of being a BSHAA member. Professor Welbourn also has some words of advice for us as advocates of hearing care.
Episode 3: International Women's Day.
Episode 2: Tinnitus and Research with David Baguley
working in the Division of Clinical Neurosciences (Faculty of Medicine).
In this episode we look into 3 recent research studies David was involved with and gain knowledge on developing our abilities as clinicians in the areas of tinnitus and research.
Preview
Preview to the new BSHAA Podcast. An introduction to what it is all about and what 'Ear Talk' we plan to bring you.