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Scientific advances in mapping syndromic hearing loss

1 May 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
From more than 22000 genes that we humans have, approximately 3000 genes are associated with human communication. There are tens of syndromes which have been identified to be accompanied by hearing loss. Disorders of almost every organ of the body...

Tinnitus in middle-age: prevalence and incidence

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
Population-based studies of tinnitus provide crucial underpinning evidence which highlights the need for further research on the effective diagnosis and clinical management of this heterogenous condition. Furthermore, such studies provide evidence of the burden of this condition both on the...

Atlas of Head and Neck Ultrasound

1 January 2014 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Imaging
The aim of the authors in producing this atlas is not only to give beginners a systematic introduction to the basics of head and neck ultrasonography, but also to provide more experienced users with the opportunity of gaining further in-depth...

Audiology in this issue...Age-related Hearing Loss and Dementia

1 March 2021 |
GUEST SECTION EDITOR Barbara E Weinstein, PhD, Professor and Founding Executive Officer Health Sciences Doctoral Programs, Graduate Center, CUNY, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USA. E: bweinstein@gc.cuny.edu The prevalence of dementia is escalating worldwide,...

DrawMD ENT

22 August 2017 | ENT
In the era of patient-centred care, one of the greatest challenges for healthcare professionals is communication with patients. Distilling years of medical / graduate school education down to a few minutes of explanation is no easy feat. DrawMD ENT is...

Canopy: a medical translation app

5 July 2017 | ENT
Professional interpreters perform an integral role in the medical setting, ensuring that clinician-patient interactions are understood from both sides. As essential as they are, however, we have all experienced scenarios where we have been left, to our own devices, so...

A ‘rye’ tail – the fatal illness of Lord Boringdon, a Regency tragedy

5 January 2022 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENT
The anonymous privately-printed book, Some Account of Lord Boringdon’s Accident, describes in deferential terms a case of aspiration of a foreign body and its sequelae. Today aspirated foreign bodies are serious but curable injuries; before the invention of the bronchoscope...

KARL STORZ Gains Approval for Solo+™ Revolutionary Ear Tube Placement Device

3 June 2024 | Research & Development
Chronic ear infections are a leading reason for doctor visits and surgical procedures such as placement of ear tubes in young children.

Congenital cytomegalovirus causing deafness in children: an update

31 October 2018 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT, Audiology - Paediatric
Congenital CMV is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss in children. Keith Trimble draws our attention to this and gives a comprehensive guide on diagnosis and treatment. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is common, affecting 1% of all newborns,...

Virtual educational outreach in the COVID-19 era

7 January 2021 | | ENT, COVID-19, Head and Neck
Existing surgical outreach programmes to developing countries have been severely curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has impacted on opportunities for otolaryngologists from the USA and from other developed countries to contribute to education and training of otolaryngologists in developing...

From the editor SepOct 2021

3 September 2021 |
As the pandemic evolves, the world seems to be divided into those countries that are fortunate enough to have good vaccine coverage and, hence, are able to open up their societies; and those who do not have an adequate vaccine roll-out and are having to live with significant restrictions or high levels of prevalent disease.

The use of a tactical throat mic guitar amp system to improve communication in theatre in the COVID era

14 August 2020 | | COVID-19, ENT
During the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, current guidelines dictate that surgical teams wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in theatre. Currently this is, at a minimum, an FFP3 respirator, a visor, fluid repellent gown and gloves [1]. Many surgeons, particularly in...