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59th South African ENT/AAO-HNS/SAAA/SASLHA conference

Dr Pieter van Dyk, Mr Gawie Rossouw and Mr Anirvan Banerjee enjoying the post-rugby match celebrations. Duane Mol, Otologist in Private Practice, The Ear and Eye Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa. ‘Back to Basics’ was a great way to summarise this...

INTEGRATE: Uniting collaborative research in ENT

Exposure to clinical research as a trainee is often sporadic and unstructured, despite it featuring in both the GMC’s Good Medical Practice and the ISCP’s syllabus for all surgical specialities, including otolaryngology [1,2]. The majority of trainees undertake small-scale research...

Scientific advances in mapping syndromic hearing loss

From more than 22000 genes that we humans have, approximately 3000 genes are associated with human communication. There are tens of syndromes which have been identified to be accompanied by hearing loss. Disorders of almost every organ of the body...

Myringoplasty in a bottle?

Management of large traumatic TM perforations can involve observation and water precautions or surgical repair. Closure rates for larger perforations can be 8-12 weeks and occurs for between 38-79%. Animal and human studies have shown that exogenous application of epidermal...

Interacoustics: Trends in Balance

I recently attended the 4th Annual Trends in Balance online course. Day one was optimizing the vestibular diagnostic test battery, day two looked at the functional balance assessments available and day three looked at vestibular rehabilitation.

4th Irish Head and Neck Society Annual Conference 2025

Nadia Van Den Berg, ST4, Otolaryngology, Waterford University Hospital, Ireland. The 4th Annual Irish Head and Neck Society (IHNS) Conference was held in April with huge success, in the idyllic Lyrath Covention Centre with over 200 delegates in attendance. After...

TORS for patients with sleep-disordered breathing

Transoral robotic surgery is now a well-accepted technique in malignant tumours of the tongue base. Here the team from St Mary’s and the Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital in London describe its use in carefully selected patients with...

Botulinum toxin injection in spasmodic dysphonia

Spasmodic dysphonia is a rare neurological voice disorder, which is often missed by the inexperienced ear. There is no laboratory test or investigation to diagnose this condition therefore, it is best diagnosed by listening to the patient’s voice. Laryngeal endoscopy...

Disorders of the Auditory System – Second Edition

This book covers a wide range of auditory-related disorders that are primarily aimed at providing information to students but also other healthcare professionals in related fields. The comprehensive information of many auditory disorders is supported with case studies and pictures...

MicroREC Optical System

The MicroREC is a product by Custom Surgical, a German medtech company, and works as an attachment for an operating microscope to enable procedures to be viewed and recorded on a smartphone. It’s advertised as a device used in ENT,...

Reflections on educational gatherings in the COVID era

The COVID pandemic has brought disruption and uncertainty for the organisers of medical conferences. ENT and audiology have always thrived on a healthy exchange of views and the sharing of knowledge across subspecialties and across national boundaries. Ray Clarke asked...

Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week

A campaign to encourage prevention, early detection and education for patients and survivors of oral, head and neck cancer launches this month.