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Present and future in myringoplasty

1 November 2019 | | ENT, Otology
Tympanic membrane perforations are a common finding in ENT practice. Whilst watchful waiting or formal tympanoplasty are standard options – wouldn’t it be amazing if there was a low cost, safe, in-clinic option to immediately help patients (I hear you...
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Boarding Glasses: could these unique spectacles be the answer to alleviating motion sickness?

2 November 2020 | | Audiology - Adult
Laurel Palmer is a Toronto-based Audiologist who also suffers from motion sickness. For Tech Reviews, she is testing out Boarding Glasses by Boarding Ring, on the road and at sea, to see if they can give her some relief. Motion...
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Neosensory Buzz: can a wristband really help with sound awareness and tinnitus?

4 November 2021 | | Auditory Implants, Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
As an audiologist, I am always looking for alternative and innovative solutions for patients who have tried all other traditional approaches. What else can I offer to patients who struggle to hear, even with appropriate amplification, or those who struggle...
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MicroREC Optical System

5 January 2022 | | ENT, Otology
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,...

The doctor – pharmaceutical company relationship

1 March 2015 | | ENT
‘Which drug rep is taking us out tonight?’ We have heard this phrase uttered at conferences since meetings began, but as Dylan said ‘those times they are a changing’ thanks to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and...

Monitored safe medical practice: minimising patient harm will reduce medical negligence bill for the NHS

1 September 2018 | | ENT
Patrick Bradley ruminates on a celebrated career in ENT head and neck surgery and suggests that increasing the possibility of positive outcomes to contemporary patient safety initiatives by the NHS must involve efforts to develop an enthusiastic contented workforce willing...

Shifting paradigms – how a visionary can change a specialty

1 May 2019 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Otology
The Tarabichi-Stammberger Ear and Sinus Institute came about because of a close working relationship and friendship between two senior figures in the specialty. Professor Muaaz Tarabichi tells us the story. My first meeting with Heinz Stammberger was in 1988 in...

Ossicular reconstruction

27 February 2020 | | ENT, Otology
Ossicular reconstruction often yields disappointing results, even for the most experienced and skilled of otologists. John Dornhoffer and David Walker explain that the most important determinant of outcome is the patient’s middle ear environment, and offer some valuable words of...

The multidisciplinary voice clinic

30 April 2020 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In his inimitable way, Nick Gibbins tells us why the voice clinic is the highlight of his week – and his very own field of dreams. The voice clinic has come a long way in the last 40 years. The...

OBITUARY: David Moffat (1948-2020)

10 June 2020 | Otology, Skull Base Surgery
David Moffat, one of the leading Otologists of his generation, died on 18 March in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the hospital to which he had devoted his professional life. Having survived cancer of the prostate, he succumbed to a second...

The use of a tactical throat mic guitar amp system to improve communication in theatre in the COVID era

14 August 2020 | | COVID-19, ENT
During the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, current guidelines dictate that surgical teams wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in theatre. Currently this is, at a minimum, an FFP3 respirator, a visor, fluid repellent gown and gloves [1]. Many surgeons, particularly in...

How can we be SMART with virtual consultations?

2 November 2020 | | ENT
At the beginning of 2020, video conferencing and phone consultations accounted for less than 1% of all consultations. Now it is probably 70%. Whilst there are many remote consultation solutions available, Tina Marshall describes what the ideal solution should look...