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Could OtoRecall transform ENT learning?

2 September 2022 | | ENT
Training continues to change and evolve in the face of changing working practices and, of course, the impact of unprecedented events like the pandemic. The basics remain important for safe practice as training and work continue to evolve; innovative tools...

Young ESPO – looking back and looking ahead

3 June 2023
In 2018, after the virtual ESPO Marseille meeting, a new committee of ESPO Juniors was established. Last year, the name was changed to Young ESPO.

Call to improve audiology services in Scotland

5 September 2023
A review of audiology services in Scotland has found there are “many areas ripe for improvement,” identifying weaknesses in leadership, planning, training and quality. Introducing a report that makes more than 50 recommendations, Professor Jacqueline Taylor MBE, the independent chair...

Clinical and financial success by providing specialised audiological tinnitus management

8 January 2024 | | Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
Diagnosis and management of a patient with chronic subjective tinnitus is one of the most labour-intensive areas of hearing healthcare. This is one reason some hearing care providers opt to exclude specialised tinnitus care from their practice: it may not...

Tackling equivalence in audiology

4 March 2024 | | Audiology - Adult
Ros Parker talks about her experience of going through the Scientist Training Programme (STP) equivalence process to register as a clinical scientist with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). She also provides some tips for applying. Professional background After...

Gene therapy restores baby’s hearing

31 May 2024
The guest editor of a forthcoming supplement for ENT & Audiology News has helped enable a baby girl born deaf to hear unaided for the first time.

How good ideas become great products: in conversation with three medical innovators

2 November 2020 | | ENT
Ever had a great idea for an innovation that would significantly improve your practice, but wondered how to go about developing it? Lucy Dalton interviewed three consultant ENT surgeons-come-successful innovators (one international, one novice and one experienced) who explain what...

2014: Are today’s implantable devices better than conventional solutions for patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss?

6 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss become candidates for amplification when reconstructive surgery is not viable. Three common amplification options are conventional acoustic devices, such as behind-the-ear devices (BTEs), (implantable) bone-conduction devices and active middle ear implants. The goal...

Developing medical devices for children: opportunities and challenges

1 March 2014 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT
The development of medical devices for infants and children lags significantly behind the development of devices for adults. While in the United States the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up incentives for developing child age-specific pharmaceuticals, there is...

Discovery in the genetics of complex disease: Otitis media

1 November 2014 | | ENT, Genetics, Otology
Otitis media (OM), a common disease of childhood, is considered to be a complex trait with multiple genetic and environmental factors expected to contribute to a child’s risk of developing recurrent acute OM (rAOM; ≥3 episodes in 6 months or...

NHS collaboration and partnership with the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries

1 March 2015 | | ENT
Historically the relationship between industry and the NHS has been a cautious one. Both sides have typically worked with only partially disclosed agendas, under a pervading fear of finding themselves on the wrong end of a win-lose negotiation. Things have...

Sleep apnoea in children with craniofacial syndromes

1 May 2015 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Whilst snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea are relatively common diagnoses in paediatric ENT, children with craniofacial syndromes take the problem to the next level. Robert Nash and Michelle Wyatt describe the Great Ormond Street multidisciplinary approach to treating this complex...