Essentials Webinar Series is a programme of 1.5-hour webinars – broadcast live – providing expert specialist clinical training and essential information. These webinars are recorded live and are available for delegates to access freely for six months from the webinar date.

This webinar on sensorineural hearing loss in adults will aim to provide a clear structure for assessing and managing this presentation in Primary Care. Background data on prevalence and context within the Primary Care setting will be discussed. There will be demonstration on assessment and examination including clinical tests to be performed, followed by an overview of the management including how and when to refer, and the emergency management of acute sensorineural hearing loss. This will be complemented and endorsed by recent research in the area, delivered by experts in primary care and ENT research.

Learning objectives:

  1. Develop awareness of complications of hearing loss in adults
  2. Develop understanding of common clinical tests used to assess hearing loss
  3. Develop ability to recognise different types of hearing loss
  4. Develop an understanding of management of and when to refer patients presenting with SSNHL
  5. Awareness of the STARFISH Trial

Webinar Chair:

Dr Emily Player, RCGP Beds & Herts Faculty Education Lead

Webinar Speakers:

  • Dr Serge Engamba, GP Partner, OneNorwich Practices
  • Dr Matt Smith, Consultant, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals and Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Cambridge
  • Dr James Tysome, ENT Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS England National Clinical lead for Specialised Ear Surgery, Vice-Chair of NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee

Pricing:

AiT rate – £15
RCGP Member rate – £20
Non-Member rate – £30