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IFOS 2026 bid cities

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
As Dubai prepares to host IFOS 2023, the next IFOS congress in 2026 is already being planned. The competition to host the meeting is certain to be fierce – we hear from the organisers around the world bidding to bring...

The future of inner ear drug delivery

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
The techniques for delivering drugs to the inner ear system are evolving. Jeffrey Harris considers the myths, the facts and the potential for drug delivery innovations and how they can improve tomorrow’s hearing outcomes. The inner ear’s delicate membranous structure,...

The effects of polypharmacy in the elderly

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Another pill to cure the ill? Alec Lapira discusses the warning signs of polypharmacy in the elderly population. Polypharmacy in the elderly Polypharmacy – defined as the use of five or more medications – occurs in 20–37% of older people...

In conversation with Professor Charles Liberman

1 January 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Just before I left Cambridge to work with the Hearing Sciences group in Nottingham, I spent a very happy hour alone in the company of Professor Charles Liberman, the Director of the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories based at the Massachusetts Eye and...

Across the pond: a tale of two fellowships

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
Where in the world is Halifax? Many outside of Canada have never heard of the Maritime Canadian town of Halifax. Before leaving to start a year-long fellowship there, we both had to answer many questions from family and friends about...

Aetiology, investigation and acute management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
The cause of a single sided sensorineural hearing loss has a wide variety of aetiologies. This review, by Edwin Halliday, looks specifically at the differential diagnostic causes of a sudden sensorineural hearing loss, the relevant investigations and the management should...

Temporal bone trauma

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Introduction Temporal bone injuries represent one of the more complex management problems presenting to the otolaryngologist. This is largely due to difficulties in assessment and the frequent delays in referral, often as a result of other injuries demanding more immediate...

Sir Terence Edward Cawthorne (1902-1970): first Chairman of the BACO Academic Committee

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - Otology
Sir Terence Cawthorne was the chairman of the academic committee of the first BACO in 1963, and was Master of the second BACO in 1967. In this article, Neil Weir describes the life and career of one of the UK’s...

Perspectives on audiology training and education in Canada and New Zealand

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
In this Trainee Matters we look at audiology training in two different locations from around the world, Canada and New Zealand. Marshall Chasin gives us an overview of the education system in Canada, while Amy Arrowsmith explains the history of...

The Graham Fraser Foundation

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
Graham Fraser (1936-94) was a pioneering otolaryngologist, in whose memory the Graham Fraser Foundation was set up, and an eponymous annual lecture and a travelling fellowship in otology were established. It’s an honour to profile the Foundation in this extended...

Nasal sidewall reconstruction

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Expert reconstruction of nasal sidewall defects requires careful selection of techniques across nasal layers, balancing aesthetics, structural support and patient needs. When reconstructing a nasal skin defect, a variety of factors should be taken into account in order to achieve...

Cochlear implant care for deaf children in Côte d’Ivoire

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
Deafness is a global public health problem. More than 1.5 billion people (nearly 20% of the global population) live with hearing loss, and 430 million of them have disabling hearing loss, including 34 million children. In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly eight...