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In this issue...Inner Ear Therapeutics

2 September 2022 |
Emma Stapleton, MBChB, FRCS (ORL-HNS), Consultant Otolaryngologist, Cochlear Implant and Skull Base Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK. E: emmastapleton@doctors.org.ukTwitter: @otolaryngolofox Ralph Holme, Director of Research and Insight, RNID, UK. Ralph. E: Holme@rnid.org.uk W: www.rnid.org.uk For Mar/Apr 2022, we sang the...

Non-absorbable synthetic material for middle fossa repair using a combined transmastoid/middle fossa approach

4 May 2023 |
Repair of CSF leaks can be a challenging technical undertaking. In this article, the authors describe their use of a synthetic material to help with the successful repair of these leaks from the middle cranial fossa. Erosion of the middle...

Gastric inlet patch – an under-diagnosed cause of globus

4 May 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
A gastric inlet patch (GIP) is an island of heterotopic gastric mucosa found commonly in the proximal oesophagus just below the upper oesophageal sphincter. It is often underdiagnosed due to its location. Its importance and clinical relevance can be underestimated...

Towards AI-assisted RF hearing aids

4 May 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
The development of effective hearing-assistive devices is essential as the prevalence of deafness grows with an ageing population. Where can AI support speech understanding? A team from the University of Glasgow discusses how lip‑reading hearing aids could be the future....

Young ESPO – looking back and looking ahead

3 June 2023
In 2018, after the virtual ESPO Marseille meeting, a new committee of ESPO Juniors was established. Last year, the name was changed to Young ESPO.

From ‘patients’ to ‘participants’: a career in audiological research

26 June 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Melanie Lough is a clinical audiologist-turned-research audiologist and, in this article, we hear about how she applies her transferable skills gained in audiology to her current role and future aspirations. Career background My route into audiology was unconventional to say...

Lies, damned lies and relative risk reduction

4 September 2023 | | ENTA-ENT
Chris Potter has a thing or two to say about the use of statistics and, in doing so, he takes us to a Friday night steak house that is prone to airway disasters and on a short tour of his...

Developing ENT and audiology services in Southern Africa

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT
Much has been said of the paucity of ENT and its related services in low- and middle-income countries. This article from a retired paediatric otolaryngologist discusses the progress that has been made locally to redress these health inequalities. He has...

National selection: is the research section of the portfolio fit for purpose?

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-ENT
Applications for ENT training roles in every country require certain criteria to be met. In the UK, ST3 recruitment applications have scores allocated to research experience. In this opinion piece, the authors share their assessment of the potential issues around...

The integration of targeted therapy and surgery in advanced thyroid cancer clinical trials

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
One of the headline speakers, Mark Zafereo, will be talking at IFOS about thyroid cancer. We hear from his team about some of the areas they will be discussing. Locally advanced thyroid cancer generally refers to patients who have significant...

Ethics, conduct and sinonasal surgery

10 March 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
For the three plenary sessions at ERS 2023, we asked top leaders in the field to enlighten us in the general aspects of our profession that need attention. Prof Gil Siegal will discuss the ethical questions we encounter in our...

Management of single-sided deafness in adults: a bone conduction solution

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Single-sided deafness (SSD) presents a limited number of methods for management, and not all of them meet the patient’s expectations. The aim of this article is to set out the available bone-conduction treatment methods for managing single‑sided deafness in adults....