Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Anesthesia, Cambridge Shire Community Services, Brookfields Hospital, Cambridge, England

Biography

Dr.  Tamsin Holland Brown is an Associate professor in the  Department of Anesthesia, Cambridge Shire Community Services, Brookfields Hospital, Cambridge, England .Dr.Tamsin Holland Brown is the author/editors/reviewer in several international journals. He published 14articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.

Publications

• Short Communication   
  The Future of Preoperative Assessments-Could Simple, Affordable Headphones Help Professionals Communicate with Children Preoperatively?
  Author(s): Tamsin Holland Brown*
  
  Children undergoing anaesthetics for medical or surgical procedures need to hear to communicate, assent, consent and understand what is happening on the day of surgery. Temporary hearing loss secondary to a condition called glue ear (also known as Otitis Media with Effusion, OME) is common in children, affecting 80% of children at least once before the age of 10years. Surgery (tympanostomy tubes, ventilation tubes or grommet insertion operations) to provide a resolution for glue ear is one of the most common operations in children. Studies show that simple, affordable headsets that work via bone-conduction (BC) technology help children with glue ear related hearing loss. In hospitals globally, health professionals have challenges with communication whilst wearing face masks, PPE and social distancing which impact most on patients with a hearing loss. Affordable BC headsets .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.21.12.1013

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