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The artificial eardrum: how an eggshell membrane fed a German ENT family

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
In the pre-antibiotic era, purulent otitis media often resulted in a permanent eardrum perforation with hearing loss. In addition to pig or fish bladders, eggshell membranes and cigarette paper were used as eardrum prostheses. I have vivid personal boyhood memories...

In conversation with Peter Prinsley: Norwich ENT surgeon elected as the Labour MP

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
A new Labour Government won a landslide election victory on 4 July this year. Much to his surprise, Norwich ENT surgeon Peter Prinsley was elected as the Labour MP (Member of Parliament) for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in Suffolk....

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

14 August 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-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...

Face shield modification in ENT during COVID-19 pandemic

21 June 2021 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
The COVID pandemic has caused a huge disruption to our lives, not least at work where safety restrictions and the widespread implementation of PPE have led to some challenges to carrying out routine ENT work. In this article, the authors...

Cambodian Otology Fellowship report

1 May 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Further to a Humanitarian News article published in the November/December 2014 issue of ENT and Audiology News (see article here), this is a report of Charlie Huins’ six-month experience as the first ENT Fellow at the Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC),...

The making of a paediatric airway surgeon: In conversation with David Albert

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Michael Kuo interviews David Albert to find out what drew him to paediatric airway surgery, the mentors who shaped his surgical approach, and to ask his advice for budding young paediatric airway surgeons. David Albert. When did you first get...

New bone anchored hearing implant reaches clinical milestone

1 March 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Neurotology, ENTA-Otology
A new implant for bone-conduction hearing, BCI (Bone Conduction Implant), has been developed by Bo Håkansson and his team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, both in Gothenburg, Sweden. Unlike most bone-conduction devices used today,...

Hearing loss and Alport syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Genetics, ENTA-Otology
Alport syndrome (AS) includes a group of hereditary diseases caused by mutations in the COL4A3, COL4A4 or COL4A5 genes. These genes are responsible for the biosynthesis of α3, α4 and α5 collagen IV chains, which are located in the glomerular...

7th Scottish International Head and Neck Conference

14 September 2024 | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Amy Campbell, ST5 Otorhinolaryngology at Ninewells Hospital in DundeeThis year’s Scottish International Head and Neck Conference was an example of a truly successful hybrid course. It was hosted by the conference chair, Jai Manick, and co-organiser Omar Hilmi, and in...

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...

KUDUwave™ Boothless Audiometer

1 January 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
The KUDUwaveTM was designed to replace the need for a sound booth and enable truly portable audiometry in almost any environment. ENT & Audiology News’ own Gareth Smith, Priya Carling and Alex Griffiths Brown met in London to put the...

New ventilation technique FCV: improvement for patient, anaesthetist/intensivist and surgeon

1 September 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Per-oral surgical access to the larynx can be hampered by the presence of an endotracheal tube. Various systems have been developed for tubeless ventilation, but these all carry a risk of aerosolisation of secretions with obvious inherent risks. We hear...