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Welcome to ERS2023

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
For ERS2023, for the first time, the ERS board elected a scientific president to chair the scientific programme committee. The ERS board is very happy that Prof Paolo Castlenuovo was willing to take this task upon himself. Here he outlines...

The impact of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Otology
Hearing loss and language development Down syndrome (DS) usually arises due to trisomy 21 and is associated with intellectual disability and risks of developmental delays and difficulties, including hearing loss. Hearing loss is common in children with DS [1]. In...

Communicating with patients in 
‘Plain English’

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Physicians have long been accused of using unnecessarily complicated language and impenetrable jargon as a way of maintaining their status, prestige and high earnings-potential, bamboozling the public and excluding them from meaningful discussion as part of what George Bernard Shaw...

Growing up smelling the roses

1 March 2017 | | Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma, allergic rhinitis, loss of smell, olfaction
How often do we ask about sense of smell in children? Undoubtedly, the olfactory function is seldom formally assessed in the paediatric population, although evidence exists to suggest its potential links with handicap in children’s learning and development. This large...

BACO – the early years

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
The origins of the British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) are indelibly intertwined in the mists of time with the foundation of the British Association of Otolaryngology (BAO). For further information on the latter I can only refer the interested...

Labour rights violations in the manufacture of healthcare goods

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
Every year trillions of dollars are spent on medical supplies globally. The operating theatre is a significant proportion of this spend, typically accounting for a third of a hospital’s supply costs. When making purchasing decisions consideration is given to value...

Clinical and financial success by providing specialised audiological tinnitus management

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Diagnosis and management of a patient with chronic subjective tinnitus is one of the most labour-intensive areas of hearing healthcare. This is one reason some hearing care providers opt to exclude specialised tinnitus care from their practice: it may not...

From the editor NovDec 2019

1 November 2019 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net Welcome There are many jokes told by anaesthetists about surgeons, and perhaps even more in the...

From the editor JanFeb 2020

1 January 2020 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net Welcome Happy New Year! It is probably just the fact that I am getting older, but...

ENT in this issue...Entrepreneurs and Innovation

2 November 2020 |
Innovation has been the by-word of almost every meeting for the past five years. But what is it really? And how do we achieve it? I’ve always thought of it as a way of solving problems you have, not only...

ENT & Audiology in this issue...Music

3 September 2021 |
Music is a central part of many people’s lives, and ENT surgeons and audiologists frequently treat patients whose musical experience is affected by pathology. For September/October 2021, we explore a number of areas in which patients need the support of otologists, laryngologists, audiologists, and others.

Global alliance brings hearing care to people in 14 developing countries

7 March 2022
To mark World Hearing Day, a global project has been created to provide access to ear and hearing care services for thousands of people living with undiagnosed and untreated hearing loss.