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Inner ear immunity

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
There is much speculation regarding the ear’s immune response. The environment in which we live and breathe is getting ever more complex; aspects such as the percentage of the population with autoimmune conditions are on the rise and, therefore, it...
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Small but significant

6 January 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Head and Neck, Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurotology, Otology, Tinnitus | Aminoglycosides, Deafness, Hearing loss, Human, Loop diuretics, Ototoxicity, Stria vascularis
These authors try to circumnavigate the conundrum of what is influenced by what. For something so small, the impact of the Stria Vascularis cannot be understated. The difficulty in reviewing the influence of loop diuretics or aminoglycosides on the Stria...
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Prevention better than cure?

2 November 2020 | | Rhinology / Sinus | allergic rhinitis, barrier protection measures, efficacy, therapy
This systematic review looks at methods of ‘barrier protection’ or ‘barrier-enforcing’ to minimise allergic rhinitis symptoms, using 15 RCTs. Whilst the authors admit that patient numbers were small in a number of these studies, generally it seems that barrier techniques...

Fibula free flap virtual or freehand planning and the efficiency of surgery

2 November 2020 | | Head and Neck | CAD-CAM, computer aided surgery, fibula free flap, free flap, microvascular surgery, virtual surgery planning
This is a systematic review from surgeons in Italy and Florida where, from an initial 799 potentially relevant articles, only six could be included. Efficiency was assessed by the mean ischemia time which, for the virtual group, was 73.8 minutes,...

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What is in the Fountain of Youth?

3 November 2023 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Auditory Implants, Neurotology, Otology, Tinnitus, Vestibular Disorders | cochlea
Does the auditory system have to age? Can we become more like turtles or jellyfish and keep our internals running without degradation? This essay considers the theoretical underpinnings of biological processes in the cochlear, in particular the role of the...

In Conversation with Professor John Russell, President of CEORL-HNS Dublin 2024

8 January 2024 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT
John Russell is professor of paediatric otolaryngology in Dublin and the President of the CEORL-HNS Congress in his hometown. Declan Costello caught up with him to find out what we can expect from the meeting, not just academically, but also...

In conversation with Professor John Russell, President of CEORL-HNS Dublin 2024

8 January 2024 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT
John Russell is professor of paediatric otolaryngology in Dublin and the President of the CEORL-HNS Congress in his hometown. Declan Costello caught up with him to find out what we can expect from the meeting, not just academically, but also...

Landmark clinical trial into treatment for severe hearing loss launches

3 January 2022
Researchers at the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre and the University of Nottingham are launching a new study, sponsored by the University of Nottingham, which will inform the most effective treatment for people with severe hearing loss globally (those with...

Sound Sensation music festival

6 October 2022
Alex Griffiths-Brown heads to Austria to hear MED-EL showcasing music by and for hearing implant users.

Head and neck cancer and PET-CT

1 May 2014 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is an imaging technique in which abnormalities of tissue metabolism are precisely superimposed onto the anatomy. It relies on the premise that malignant cells are more metabolically active compared with non-malignant cells. On this basis,...

Ida Institute scales down

6 February 2023
The Ida Institute has been unable to secure future funding and is significantly scaling back its activities.