News archive for January 2024
Kelvin Kong made Member of the Order of Australia
Congratulations to Professor Kelvin Kong, Australia’s first Indigenous ENT surgeon, who has been given one of the country’s most prestigious honours.
COACH calls for participants
The Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit has renewed a call for volunteers to take part in its COACH programme. The UK-wide trail aims to generate evidence about the use of hearing aids.
OBITUARY: Professor Vittorio Colletti (1943–2024)
After a long illness, Professor Vittorio Colletti, born in 1943, passed away on 2 January 2024 at the age of 80.
Newsround January 2024
Valerie Lund made Dame Commander DBE, Annelies Kusters makes professor... and who created the laryngeal mirror?
CEORL-HNS Dublin 2024
Guest Section Editor Michael Kuo, PhD, FRCS, DCH, Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist – Head and Neck Surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK; Scientific Chair, CEORL-HNS Dublin 2024. June next year will see the 7th Congress of European ORL-HNS, held in Dublin....
From the editor January/February 2024
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk Welcome to January/February 2024 – I hope you have had a restful Christmas break and that you are raring to go...
The Business of Audiology
Brian J Fligor, PhD, PASC, President, Audiologist-in-Chief, Tobias & Battite Hearing Wellness, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. DrBrian@tobias-battite.com When it works well, capitalism is an excellent driver of innovation, generation of wealth, and adherence to best practices resulting in optimal outcomes. When...
CEORL-HNS observership travel grants
The Confederation of European ORL-HNS has announced a set of grants and scholarships for 2024.
Valerie J Lund made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Valerie Lund who has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rhinology in the UK’s 2024 New Year Honours List. Awarded by King Charles, the list recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK.
70 years of Akustika
For the past 12 months, the Swiss Association of Hearing Aid Acoustics has been celebrating its 70th anniversary and looking back at its milestones.
Deaf scholar is UK first
The first deaf scholar ever to achieve full professor status in the field of deaf studies and sign language studies in the UK has been announced at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
