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AAA 2024 + Hear TECH Expo

Victoria Gonzalez, AuD, PhD, The University of Mississippi Medical Center. AAA 2024+HearTECH Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, proved to be yet another testament to the strength and unity of the audiology community. Nearly 3,000 passionate attendees congregated to delve into the...

34th Politzer Society Meeting

The latest Politzer Society meeting has just taken place in Rome between the 13 and 16 October 2024, led by its president, Professor Maurizio Barbara. The Politzer Society is an international scientific organisation whose objective is the dissemination of knowledge in the field of otology and neurotology worldwide.

1st Meeting on Olfactory Implants 2023

Liam Lee (left), Academic FY2 at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK and Ms Tharsika Myuran (right), ENT ST7 Registrar, East of England. In the heart of Geneva, an exciting two-day symposium on olfactory implants took place for the...

Ear, Nose and Throat 2024

Liza Delfin, Non-Medical Prescriber/RCN Leadership Graduate, Advance Nurse Practitioner, Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, London, UK. Experts from around the world converged at the 11th National Ear, Nose and Throat 2024 conference where distinguished surgeons...

Interacoustics: Trends in Balance

I recently attended the 4th Annual Trends in Balance online course. Day one was optimizing the vestibular diagnostic test battery, day two looked at the functional balance assessments available and day three looked at vestibular rehabilitation.

Marketing in an Audiology Practice

“This is not, I repeat, not, a marketing textbook.” A strange, if somewhat bemusing opening to a book with the word ‘Marketing’ firmly placed in its title. The author then goes on to explain why it is not a marketing...

Audiology Answers for Otolaryngologists

Audiology Answers for Otolaryngologists aims to provide a grounding in audiology for otolaryngology residents and other professionals allied to audiology, who would otherwise have limited exposure to clinical audiology. It is written by senior audiologists at Washington University School of...

Manual of Allergy and Clinical Immunology for Otolaryngologists

As a first approach, the book impresses with the hardback cover and the glossy 442 pages. Published in March 2015, the book reflects an effort to deliver the main advances and updates of allergy and clinical immunology relevant to otolaryngology...

Diagnosing persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD)

The authors, part of an influential committee of experts of the Bárány Society, proposed this consensus document after reviewing 30 years of research on phobic postural vertigo, space-motion discomfort, visual vertigo, and chronic subjective dizziness. They also reviewed interesting historical...

Be sober to stay on your feet

Readers would either have had a personal experience or observed the inelegant gait of the inebriated. Re-aligning the body during postural perturbations involves changes in head position, shoulders, and hip, knee and ankle joints. The main hypothesis of this study...

Endoscopic myringoplasty: a promising alternative to microscopic surgery

Endoscopes have revolutionised otitis media surgery in recent years and are increasingly used in the surgical management of cholesteatoma, sinus tympani pathology and facial nerve surgery. Despite this, the development of endoscopic myringoplasty and how this compares to its microscopic...

Occupational dust exposure and nasal polyposis

This interesting European cross-sectional study demonstrates a link between occupational dust exposure and the presence of nasal polyposis. A random sample of textile workers (215) and retail store employees (101) in Portugal was taken, with clinical data gathered through a...