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Long-term results of incus vibroplasty in patients with moderate-to-severe sensorineural hearing loss

1 July 2015 |
The Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) middle ear implant is now a well-accepted and widely utilised treatment option for patients with sensorineural hearing loss unable to use standard hearing aids. However, as a relatively recent addition to the portfolio of implants available...

Bone anchored hearing devices in very young children

1 May 2015 | | BAHA(®) complications, Bone hypertrophy, Bone-anchored hearing aids, Osseo-integration, Pediatric, Soft tissue hypertrophy
This paper presents results of BC devices in very young children and helps inform an honest discussion of risks / benefit with prospective parents. The authors of this article from Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand have a series of...

2020 Unmasked: The unmasking of a masked society - By Rele Ologunde

2 April 2021 | | COVID-19
The year 2020 will be embossed in the archives of history and be remembered like none other before it. The dialogue will largely be centred upon the COVID-19 pandemic, the varied response to it by governments across the world and...
Photo of MicroREC device mounted on operating microscope.

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,...
Image showing Intraoperative injection of ICG to identify feeding vessel to aid with preservation.

ICG in ENT surgery

5 July 2022 | | ENT, Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
The use of fluorescence imaging is well established in the medical sphere, forming an essential arm of medical diagnostics with liver function, ophthalmic angiography, and assessment in cell biology with fluorescence microscopy. Fluorescence imaging in surgery, however, is an evolving...

Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENT
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

A patient-centred approach from the patient’s point of view

1 January 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, ENT
Seeking help for hearing loss is often a big step for patients. Shari Eberts, a hearing health advocate living with hearing loss, explains why, and gives us her five top tips to improve patient-centred care in such cases. Sensorineural hearing...

Otology training in low- and middle-income countries: a view from within

5 July 2022 | | ENT, Otology
It is recognised that hearing loss and ear disease are far more common in less affluent parts of the world, and that those countries are often least able to provide treatment; so how can we prioritise care for these patients?...

Addressing the hearing needs of people with dementia

3 March 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Dr Dawes provides a comprehensive overview of hearing needs of persons with dementia coupled with recommended guidelines for hearing-related considerations when assessing and intervening with persons with dementia. With ageing populations, we face a global dementia challenge. Rates of both...

In conversation with Prof Nobuhiko Isshiki

7 January 2020 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
A 90th birthday is definitely a landmark that should be observed and celebrated. Elisabeth Sjögren interviews this man who has been such a huge influence in the world of laryngology. Nobuhiko and Keiko in the cosmos field. Congratulations on your...

FDA Approved Lenire Expands Number of US Clinics

1 March 2024 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
Neuromod Devices, the medical technology company that developed tinnitus treatment device, Lenire, has partnered with an additional 24 new US clinics to address the significant demand for the FDA Approved tinnitus treatment device.

Awake transnasal laryngeal and pharyngeal biopsy in the unsedated patient

27 February 2020 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Rhinology / Sinus
In an attempt to improve the efficiency and flow of patients through a busy ENT clinic, technology now allows the ENT surgeon to consider biopsies in the outpatient setting on a more regular and controlled basis. This can avoid the...