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Fall prevention in the elderly population

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
A fall in later life can have a catastrophic impact on a person’s quality of life. Lilian Felipe explains how falls prevention programmes and vestibular rehabilitation can help.

Reflux – diagnostic tools and special considerations in singers

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Depending on your point of view, laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is either ubiquitous or is over-diagnosed. Are singers more prone to LPR? What are the best tests? Mark Watson and Jane Shaw tell us more. Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR: the backflow of...

Loss of smell after COVID-19: a view from the patient forums

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Patient advocate, Chrissi Kelly, founder of AbScent, talks about how the pandemic has changed the way we think about smell loss. The high prevalence of chemosensory impairment as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has shone a much-needed spotlight on...
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Virtual reality: the future of surgical training

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
The evolution of surgical education Surgical training has traditionally been rooted in cadaveric dissection, hands-on apprenticeships and theoretical learning through lectures and textbooks. For centuries, aspiring surgeons refined their skills through a structured process of observation, practice and mentorship. The...

Microneedles enable inner ear precision medicine

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
Developing safe, reliable and efficient ways to deliver therapeutics into the cochlea is a key challenge. In this article, the authors share their work to develop microneedles to address this challenge. The era of precision medicine of the inner ear...

Neuroimaging WG3. Neuroimaging as a window on the heterogeneity of tinnitus

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Pim van Dijk and Sven Vanneste describe the hope that brain imaging techniques used for research will provide a better understanding of the heterogeneity of tinnitus through large-scale analysis. Their project will create a procedure whereby researchers can submit their...

2020 Lancet Commission on dementia: a call to action for integrated hearing healthcare

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Dr Georgiou’s summary of the 2020 update to the 2017 Lancet Commission underscores the importance of medical and hearing healthcare professionals working together to tackle the modifiable risk factors that affect individuals throughout their lives, to help delay or even...

Farewell to Prof Kim Ah-See

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - General
Kim Ah-See has been a stalwart member of the ENT & Audiology News team for many years. Since joining as a journal reviewer in 1997 and then taking on the role of How I Do It section editor a decade...

Farewell to Prof Kim Ah-See

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - General
Kim Ah-See has been a stalwart member of the ENT & Audiology News team for many years. Since joining as a journal reviewer in 1997 and then taking on the role of How I Do It section editor a decade...

The art of hearing: a conversation between silence and colour

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - General
The image on the ENT & Audiology News September/October 2025 cover is not merely an artwork – it is a conversation. A conversation in colour. A dialogue between silence and sound, between science and emotion. It is part of a...

Where Art meets Science (and earplugs): a tale of acoustics, aesthetics and audiology

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - General
For the fifth cover in the Art meets Science series, we celebrate not only the fusion of audiology and art, but also friendship, nature and the kind of collaboration that reaches far beyond the clinic walls. My colleague and dear...

Soundscapes of Zimbabwe: healing a nation one ear at a time

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
We hear about the life, vision and legacy of Dr Clemence Chidziva — the surgeon transforming ear and hearing care into a new wonder of Zimbabwe. Dr Clemence Chidziva. Tucked in the heart of Southern Africa, landlocked and bordered by...