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Prof Tanon of the Côte d’Ivoire and Stephanie Unterrieder of MED-EL: challenges and successes of a public-private partnership
The Côte d’Ivoire (RCI) is a large country on the West African coast. It has recently launched a pioneering neonatal hearing screening programme. Dr Cheka Spencer caught up with Prof Marie-Josée Tanon to discuss this and other recent developments which...Sustainability guidelines to reduce single-use items in ENT outpatients
ENT surgery generates significant waste, with single-use instruments and packaging as key contributors. This article outlines recommendations on sustainable practice that can be adopted into ENT departments. Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the...Advances in ear and hearing telehealth
Telehealth in ear (or tele-otology/tele-audiology) and hearing care has steadily increased as an area of both research and clinical interest over the past 15 years [1]. Driven by rapid advances in connected technologies and wide-ranging potential use cases, telehealth had...An audio inclusivity project
Hackney has become the hub of a new initiative for audio inclusivity, with three of the London borough's leading music venues now boasting state-of-the-art, audio-inclusive acoustics. Audio inclusivity is a concept developed to ensure venues and experiences are accessible and welcoming for people of all hearing abilities, including those who are noise-sensitive.MedShr for ENT and audiology: clinical case discussion on the go
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives – not least medical education. With isolation being the buzzword at the moment, the internet and social media are popular sources for official and crowd-sourced content. In this article, Samantha...Inspired by Ida: In conversation with Lise Lotte Bundesen, Managing Director of the Ida Institute
The Ida Institue takes a collaborative approach to developing tools and resources that can be used by clinicians around the world to improve person-centred care. Their Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen tells us about their newest project, Inspired by Ida,...Partnership between fashion and hearing care
Fashion brand HAN Kjøbenhavn and GN, a global leader in hearing technology, have joined forces to challenge stigma and misperceptions around hearing aids. HAN Kjøbenhavn marks the launch of their new collection with this partnership, which aims to elevate hearing aids from being a medical necessity to a form of self-expression that should be celebrated.Oral Tissue Collaborative Symposium
Building Excellence in Oral Tissue Biobanking
Parathyroid pearls
This article serves to deliver some pearls of wisdom in parathyroid surgery for the ‘low volume parathyroid surgeon’. They have been divided into those relating to the preoperative diagnosis, imaging and localisation techniques and surgical difficulties. Recognised sources of error...
A mouth-rinse test that can screen for oral cancer?
This paper presents a promising screening tool for oral cancer – using a simple chlorhexidine mouth-rinse. The hypermethylated ZNF582 and PAX1 markers were chosen based on previous studies using oral scraping methods of collection and have been shown to be...
Retrospective review of paediatric salivary gland tumours
As is the case with adults, primary tumours of the salivary glands in children comprise a heterogeneous collection of different histological types. This paper presents a retrospective review of primary salivary gland tumours in children treated over the course of...
