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From the editor JulAug19
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net Welcome We are delighted to launch this current edition of ENT & Audiology News from Brussels,...Churchill, Stephen Poliakoff’s dad and a KGB-bugged hearing aid
Winston Churchill was prime minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions: firstly from 1940 to 1945 and then from 1951 to 1955. He was famed for his acute wit, insight and leadership qualities that helped him navigate the British...Deaf identity is not cookie cutter shaped: a CI user in a hearing world
Sam Burgess tells us what deaf identity means to her as a service manager in a busy healthcare library, with a cochlear Implant. To begin with, I have been deaf since birth due to congenital rubella. I have not known...Audiology In This Issue - Identity
Guest Section Editors Crystal Rolfe, BSc, MSc, Associate Director of Strategy - Health, RNID, UK. Teri Devine,Associate Director of Strategy - Inclusion and Employment, RNID, UK. What is deaf identity? There are many variables that impact on deaf identity, such...VACANCY: Consultant Otolaryngologist, Wellington, New Zealand
Location: Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital and Hutt HospitalManaging sustainability
Planetary health needs to be addressed at a societal level for any meaningful impact to occur. As the global director of sustainability for a law firm, Marion Palmer provides an overview of the responsibilities of corporate organisations for both a...FDA Approved Lenire Expands Number of US Clinics
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.Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight! & Arrivals
This series of stories is dedicated to those of you with whom some of these moments were shared (or endured) and, above all, to my amazing and long-suffering husband, David Howard. Most of you know him as an exceptional head...A soprano’s demise: a cautionary tale for the thyroid surgeon
Prior to the mid-19th century, thyroid surgery was considered excessively dangerous. The emergence of anaesthetic, antisepsis and improved instrumentation, however, increased its feasibility and frequency in Europe. The unhurried, judiciously antiseptic and haemostatic approach, advocated by Kocher, was popularised and...Endoscopic airway interventions in children
Open surgery for paediatric airway pathologies such as subglottic stenosis was hailed as revolutionary when many of today’s paediatric ORL specialists were in training. Equipment, facilities and training has moved on and the high-quality optics in modern endoscopes, coupled with...Greener pastures? Reflections from UK ENT surgeons now practising abroad
Ever considered practising ENT abroad? Here are some experiences of previously UK-based ENT surgeons who took the plunge and are now plying their trade in distant lands. Andrew McCombe ENT ConsultantDate of migration: December 2015Place of work: Mediclinic City Hospital,...
