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Beyond ‘sticky floors’ and glass ceilings’: eight women department and society leaders share their stories

1 September 2019 | Carol Bauer, Carol Bradford, Sujana S Chandrasekhar (Prof), M Jennifer Derebery, Karen Kost, Andrea Vambutas, Gayle Woodson, Kathleen Yaremchuk | ENTA-ENT

In the United States and Canada, there have been a total of 12 women otolaryngologists who have achieved high positions of leadership. Eight of these women were interviewed for this piece. Each woman’s responses were thoughtful and truthful. Common themes...

In conversation with Professor Michal Luntz

9 September 2020 | Michal Luntz, Emma Stapleton | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology

Professor Michal Luntz is an Otologist and Cochlear Implant Surgeon, and Director of the Ear and Hearing Center in A.R.M, Assuta Tel Aviv, Israel. We caught up with her to hear about her life, her background, and her unique insight...

Theory of mind and deaf children

1 May 2019 | Helen Chilton | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic

Theory of mind relates to a person’s ability to understand the perspectives of others, to be aware that they may differ from one’s own perspectives and the ability to use this knowledge to navigate social situations. Dr Helen Chilton explores...

Establishing a hearing service and ear hospital in Nepal: the Ear Aid Nepal experience

1 March 2016 | Ann Dingle, Michael CF Smith | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT

Following the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015, the year ended on a positive note with the opening of an ENT hospital in Pokhara. Mike Smith, a UK-born ENT surgeon has been the driving force behind the conception and...

Developing a telemedical approach to tinnitus treatment for a worldwide market

1 March 2014 | Hamid R Djalilian, Hossein Mahboubi | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Tinnitus

Most of us have probably met at least one person in our lives who suffers from the notorious ringing in the ear, tinnitus. For many this ringing becomes a nightmare and debilitates them. Tinnitus is defined as the perception of...

Otology training in low- and middle-income countries: a view from within

5 July 2022 | Clemence Chidziva | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology

It is recognised that hearing loss and ear disease are far more common in less affluent parts of the world, and that those countries are often least able to provide treatment; so how can we prioritise care for these patients?...

ENT across borders – revisited

1 March 2018 | Muaaz Tarabichi (Prof), Emma Stapleton | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics

The exceptional Professor Muaaz Tarabichi is known to many as a pioneer of endoscopic ear surgery, and a founder of generous scholarships to trainees from developing countries. He also has an inspiring story of how he came to his current...

Virtual Voices sing out

2 June 2022

The search is on for musicians with a hearing implant to be part of an online collaboration. The Virtual Voices and Band project is inviting hearing implant users of all types, countries, abilities and brands to unite by recording a vocal or instrumental performance of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

Interacoustics introduces the game-changing Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT™) test

18 October 2023 | Research & Development

For more than a century, hearing aids have been prescribed based solely on the pure tone audiogram.With the introduction of ACT, Interacoustics goes beyond the audiogram, and is now able to address the number one complaint from people with hearing loss: hearing conversations in noisy situations.

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