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OBITUARY: Professor Wolfgang Steiner (1942–2024)

2 April 2024 | | ENTA - General
It is with great sadness that we must inform all our readers of the passing of the wonderful Professor Dr Wolfgang Steiner, the truly indomitable, passionate Professor of Otolaryngology of the Medical Faculty of Gottingen, Germany, from 1986–2007. Wolfgang died...

The pioneer of precision: Wolfgang Steiner and the evolution of transoral laser surgery

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
It is rare that a single clinician entirely changes the course of the management of a particular condition. Steiner was one such clinician. Wolfgang Steiner was to transoral laser microsurgery what Grandmaster Flash was to hip-hop or James Brown was...

Andreas Wagner: ESPO 2025 keynote speaker

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
The keynote speaker for ESPO 2025 in Stuttgart is renowned evolutionary biologist and author Professor Andreas Wagner, from Zurich. Prof Wagner will focus on the congress theme of ‘Innovation’, giving us his unique perspective on how evolution drives human creativity....

The changing role of audiology

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Audiology has changed dramatically in recent years. Cochlear implants and high power hearing aids have made hearing really available to children with essentially any degree of hearing loss. Those of us who have been in the field for a long...

Wireless accessories for hearing aid users: putting the ‘soul’ back into hearing – a case study

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The following case study reports on the experiences of a hearing impaired National Health Service (NHS) patient who was given Bluetooth accessories as part of a study into their benefits when used with hearing aids [1]. The name of the...

Leadership reflections

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
For the past year, Lisa Vaughan Christensen has been the President of the American Academy of Audiology. In this article, she shares the journey that led her to this position and offers some brilliant advice to anyone interested in leadership....

2020 Lancet Commission on dementia: a call to action for integrated hearing healthcare

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Dr Georgiou’s summary of the 2020 update to the 2017 Lancet Commission underscores the importance of medical and hearing healthcare professionals working together to tackle the modifiable risk factors that affect individuals throughout their lives, to help delay or even...

Wisdom and the cochlear implant clinician

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Helen Cullington provides the clinician’s perspective on the challenges faced in building artificial intelligence into cochlear implant clinics. She highlights the importance of including the clinician with their wisdom and experience to help make sense of the patterns of data....

Rapid genetic testing to avoid hearing loss in neonates

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
Thousands of newborn babies could avoid a lifetime of hearing loss thanks to a new rapid genetic test. In this article, we learn how. We have demonstrated for the first time that a rapid genetic test from a cheek swab...

Tish Gaffney – AAA President

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
From a sunny Southend, UK, Gareth Smith takes 10 minutes to dial into the Sunshine State, USA, and catch up with Tish Gaffney for a lightning-speed chat on the movements and motivations of the 35th president of the American Academy...

HearAdvisor’s scientific and consumer-friendly approach to evaluating hearing aids

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
An ageing population means more hearing aid users. The authors of this article describe their techniques for independently assessing prescription and over-the-counter hearing aids in an acoustic laboratory. As the role of consumers in the hearing aid purchasing decision continues...

Take-home tinnitus care – Sound Relief App

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a condition that affects over 300 million people worldwide. Typically it manifests as a ringing or buzzing in the ears and while there is not yet a cure there are many ways for patients to manage their tinnitus....