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A woman in a man’s world

Being one of the few women professors of surgery in the world for most of my career inevitably led to some amusing situations. When I was first invited to the Middle East in the 1990s, I accepted primarily to see...

Hearing care systems in Europe – can we do more?

52 million Europeans experience hearing loss but many don’t find their way to professional hearing care. Lidia Best looks at strategies to improve the uptake of amplification at a national level [1]. With rising numbers of people experiencing hearing loss,...

6th South Pacific ORL Forum 2027

Hosted jointly by the New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (NZSOHNS) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ANZSPO).

Tinnitus – Advances in Prevention, Assessment, and Management

This is a softcover volume, broken down into six sections over 406 pages printed in greyscale. The book is edited by AK Deshpande and JW Hall III, written by a large number of international experts in the field, and reviewed...

Audiology Review: Preparing for the Praxis and Comprehensive Examinations

This book is a well-structured and thoughtfully compiled resource aimed at students preparing for audiology examinations. While primarily tailored to the Praxis exam in the United States, its content remains broadly applicable to an international audience, including students in the...

Imaging Handbook on Anatomy of Cochlea

Imaging Handbook on Anatomy of Cochlea by Neeraj Suri is a specialised medical text that serves as a comprehensive guide for radiologists, otolaryngologists and cochlear implant surgeons in training. In the initial chapters, this book also provides a brief review...

International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies

IHNOS Head and Neck Cancer Summit

Diagnosing and managing somatic tinnitus

Interactions between auditory and somatosensory pathways can lead to interesting tinnitus experiences which can be very bothersome. Dr Sarah Michiels describes her pioneering work in this area, and the possibilities of physiotherapy based therapy. Background Somatic (also called somatosensory) tinnitus...

Early results of the Cochlear Osia (active transcutaneous bone-conduction implant) in teenagers

This funded research trial involving 14 adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in the Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids was carried out just prior to the new Osia implant obtaining FDA approval for use in the USA. The majority had...

A look at Black representation in ENT

The importance of diversity in ENT has recently been highlighted by ENT UK’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan. In this article, Oloruntobi Rotimi discusses the importance of Black role models for those starting out in the specialty....

Why does music move us? Music as auditory signals of emotion

Music forms an integral part of the lives of people in all known cultures around the world. In this article Dr Sandra Garrido explains that in fact, our response to music is largely innate and is related to the evolutionary...

The future of hearing care and the role of audiology

The Clinical Director of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and President-elect of the American Academy of Audiology reviews the status of the present day audiologist’s remit, and discusses the changes we can expect with the changing demographic and behaviour of...