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In conversation with Joana Araújo – Chair of the ESPO Junior Board

10 February 2021 | | ENTA-ENT
In the lead-up to the ESPO (European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology) Virtual Conference on 20 Feb 2021, Ray Clarke (President, ESPO 2023) interviewed Joana Araújo (Chair, ESPO Juniors Board) to find out a bit more about ESPO Juniors and their...

In conversation with Professor Eugene Myers: My life in ENT

1 July 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
In a series of interviews, former Chairman of the Editorial Board for ENT & audiology news, Professor Patrick J Bradley, speaks with eminent otolaryngologists who have retired (or are about to retire) from practice. Our first is with Professor Gene...

Endoscopic airway interventions in children

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
Open surgery for paediatric airway pathologies such as subglottic stenosis was hailed as revolutionary when many of today’s paediatric ORL specialists were in training. Equipment, facilities and training has moved on and the high-quality optics in modern endoscopes, coupled with...

The ‘bus stop’ incision for bone-anchored hearing aid placement: a step-by-step approach to soft tissue preparation

1 January 2017 | | ENTA-Neurotology, ENTA-Otology
There have been many descriptions of soft tissue preparation in the era when subcutaneous tissue was routinely removed with the Nijmegen technique [1] or with the dermatome [2]. More descriptions continue to evolve with the advent of tissue preservation techniques,...

The development of the Paediatric Arabic Auditory Speech Test for iPad

1 May 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Speech in noise testing provides real-life assessments of hearing that conventional pure tones cannot deliver. Rania Alkahtani describes the development of such a test for Arabic speaking children. It also has the additional benefit of being able to be delivered...

Setting up a robotic surgical practice: view from India

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Transoral robotic surgery has an established role in head and neck cancer surgery. But how easy is it to set up a service in a resource-constrained environment? Gouri Pantvaidya and Ameya Pai give us a view from the Indian subcontinent....

Scientific advances in mapping syndromic hearing loss

1 May 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-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...

Paediatric vestibular evaluation

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Richard E Gans is a renowned expert in the areas of vestibular evaluation and rehabilitation techniques. In the first of two articles (see here for the second article), Dr Gans gives an overview of the approach he and his team...

Musical hallucinations and audiology

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Many of us will have been stuck with an ‘earworm’ for a day but consider how it would be to have that earworm stuck on repeat, possibly forever. Drs Lauw, Blom and Coebergh review the current literature on musical hallucinations...

Awake transnasal laryngeal and pharyngeal biopsy in the unsedated patient

27 February 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
In an attempt to improve the efficiency and flow of patients through a busy ENT clinic, technology now allows the ENT surgeon to consider biopsies in the outpatient setting on a more regular and controlled basis. This can avoid the...

Retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (RCPD) - inability to burp: treatment with Botox injection

3 July 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
As unusual as it may sound, some people have great difficulty burping. We hear of one approach to tackling this problem. Retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (RCPD) is a condition presenting with inability to burp, resulting in gaseous distension of the digestive...

Management of single-sided deafness in adults: a bone conduction solution

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Single-sided deafness (SSD) presents a limited number of methods for management, and not all of them meet the patient’s expectations. The aim of this article is to set out the available bone-conduction treatment methods for managing single‑sided deafness in adults....