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From the editor...MarApr19

8 March 2019 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK Email: d.costello@nhs.net Welcome We were absolutely delighted with the turnout (over-subscribed) and feedback (overwhelmingly positive) for our Study Day...

Adult Hearing - Global Responses of CI Services to Covid-19

2 September 2020
@13.00 - 14.30 BST

Development of an ENT undergraduate curriculum

1 November 2015 |
With over a third of medical schools not including any clinical attachment in the subject, this is a laudable attempt to confront the deficiencies in undergraduate ENT teaching within the UK. The Delphi process is an established method of developing...

Endoscopic Ear Surgery

1 March 2015 | | Otology
This book, published in March 2014, aims to explore the emerging role of endoscopy in the evolution of otological surgery, and details both basic and advanced endoscopic ear surgery techniques in clear text supplemented by beautiful images. It opens with...
Music and Hearing Aids book cover image.

Music and Hearing Aids: A clinical approach

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Adult
Given Marshall Chasin’s international reputation in the field of music and hearing aids, this book will come with high expectations. As an often-challenging clinical scenario for practising audiologists, and with no other dedicated books on the market, this text has...

Further understanding of GJB2 hearing loss

9 November 2021 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Otology, Paediatric ENT | Connexin 26, GJB2, Genetic modifier, Hearing level, Hereditary hearing loss, Sibling
For many years, hearing loss has been an area which has attracted the interest of clinical and academic geneticists. Genetic testing for severe-profound hearing loss is now commonplace in many healthcare systems. Understanding the genetics of hearing loss has improved...

What’s new in hearing aid technology? Requisites for successful implementation of eHealth in hearing health care

1 May 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Like Eeyore in AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories it appears we all will soon have a personal cloud, but unlike Eeyore this will be something to celebrate! The future of hearing aid technology is in the cloud argues Uwe...

Investigation of the role of KPNA2 biomarker in oral SCC invasiveness

1 October 2018 | | Head and Neck | interleukin-1β (IL-1β), invasiveness, karyopherin alpha 2 (KPNA2), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), survival
This edition of Head and Neck has a strong focus on studies using immunohistochemistry (IHC) to elucidate potential roles of various cell-signalling molecules in both HNSCC and thyroid cancer. The ‘cellular-protein heavy’ title of this article may be off-putting to...

Advances in diagnosis and management of allergic rhinitis

1 May 2018 | | Allergen immunotherapy, Allergic rhinitis, Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease, Immunoglobulin E
This article reviews advances in the diagnosis and management of allergic rhinitis. Recent advances in the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis include testing of local immunoglobulin E (IgE), urinary test to diagnose aspirin hypersensitivity and optical rhinometry to assess degree of...

Advances in surgical innovation for head and neck cancer

1 March 2018 | | Intraoperative imaging, Sentinel node biopsy, Stereolithic modeling, Transoral robotic surgery
This article reviews current advances in surgical treatment of head and neck cancers such as sentinel node biopsy, stereolithic modelling, transoral robotic surgery and intra-operative imaging of tumour margins. Sentinel node biopsy has been found to be especially useful for...

Hidden genetic disorders in children that may present to the otolaryngologist

1 November 2014 | | Paediatric ENT, Genetics
Background Among the many hundreds of children presenting to the otolaryngology clinic are a few whose symptoms are due to an underlying genetic condition. In most cases the underlying syndrome is obvious and has already been diagnosed, such as the...

Andrew Foster and deaf education

3 March 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
This article examines the career of deaf African American, Andrew Foster, and his contribution to deaf education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The history of medicine has often been guilty of attributing great revolutions to a single person (usually a white man)...