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ENT In This Issue - Identity

4 September 2023 |
Guest Section Editor Katherine Conroy, MA (Cantab) MB BChir FRCS (ORL-HNS), Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK. Identity is a nebulous concept that has engrossed philosophers since ancient times. It is, at once, how we feel about ourselves and how others perceive...

AIHHP launches blocked ears campaign

23 October 2023
The Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP) has launched a campaign to help people find properly trained clinicians to remove wax.
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Present and future in myringoplasty

1 November 2019 | | ENT, Otology
Tympanic membrane perforations are a common finding in ENT practice. Whilst watchful waiting or formal tympanoplasty are standard options – wouldn’t it be amazing if there was a low cost, safe, in-clinic option to immediately help patients (I hear you...

Clinical leadership and management: the ‘Darzi’ experience

1 September 2014 | | ENT
The Fellowship in Clinical Leadership programme, more commonly known as the ‘Darzi Fellowship,’ commenced in 2009. It was designed to provide junior doctors at the registrar level with postgraduate training in clinical leadership and change management in order to develop...

Training in the use of medical devices
– how should it be done?

1 March 2015 | | ENT
Adequate training in novel medical devices is imperative, not only to ensure patient safety, but also to give clinicians the confidence to use the device in question. In this article, Andrea Gillies explains the philosophy of one of the equipment...

A new hearing health scheme for musicians

1 September 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Joe Hastings, Health & Welfare Manager for Help Musicians UK, discusses the results of the charity’s 2015 survey of musicians’ hearing and plans for a new scheme which will give all professional musicians in the UK affordable access to specialist...

Wireless accessories for hearing aid users: putting the ‘soul’ back into hearing – a case study

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
The following case study reports on the experiences of a hearing impaired National Health Service (NHS) patient who was given Bluetooth accessories as part of a study into their benefits when used with hearing aids [1]. The name of the...

Help shape the future of mild to moderate hearing loss research

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
A James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership has been formed to help shape the future of research into mild-moderate hearing loss. Who is the Priority Setting Partnership? The Partnership brings together Hearing Link, Action on Hearing Loss, the British Society...

Hearing loss and Alport syndrome

1 May 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology, Genetics
Alport syndrome (AS) includes a group of hereditary diseases caused by mutations in the COL4A3, COL4A4 or COL4A5 genes. These genes are responsible for the biosynthesis of α3, α4 and α5 collagen IV chains, which are located in the glomerular...

Cambodian Otology Fellowship report

1 May 2016 | | ENT, Otology
Further to a Humanitarian News article published in the November/December 2014 issue of ENT and Audiology News (see article here), this is a report of Charlie Huins’ six-month experience as the first ENT Fellow at the Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC),...

Intratympanic steroids in Ménière's disease: what’s the evidence?

2 September 2022 | | ENT, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult, Otology
The days of drastic surgery for Ménière's disease are long gone. We know that intratympanic injections can deliver high doses of medication to the inner ear with minimal discomfort and minimal risk. But how do we choose from the myriad...

RSM ‘Otology Dragon’s Den’

1 May 2015 | | ENT, Otology
The Royal Society of Medicine Otology Section recently held an ‘Otology Dragon’s Den’ event. Following on from our interview with Professor Gerry O’Donoghue, RSM Otology Section President, in the run-up to this event, we interviewed Steve Broomfield, Consultant Otologist in...