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Dispelling the myths around stuttering and bilingualism

1 March 2019 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
There are many myths around language development in bilingual children, and an increased risk of stuttering in bilingual children is one of these misperceptions. In research studies, speech and language therapists have identified higher numbers of dysfluencies in speech samples...

Life Down Under: an overview of the Sydney Endoscopic Ear Fellowship

9 September 2020 | | ENT, Otology
As we emerge from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the first half of 2020, trainee colleagues will be looking to their future once again. Options may include fellowships, and we are delighted to have Dr Andrew Ma share...

“Oh Manchester is Wonderful”...And other chants you might hear from the football stands or at BACO

1 January 2018 | | ENT
Chris Potter is a lad of the North West, and we see him here letting his bleach blond hair grow out to show us his Northern roots. When I was a lad, Manchester was a troubled city in apparent terminal...

Experience on the front line

21 January 2021 | | ENT
21st January 2021 Back to basics Yesterday I went right back to where my medical career began. I grew up in Germany, bilingual. A prerequisite to studying medicine in Germany is that applicants have to spend two months working as...

BACO – the early years

1 March 2015 | | 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...

Face to Face – facial reconstructive surgery mission in Ukraine

31 May 2023
Face to Face is a humanitarian project to help those who have suffered facial trauma as a result of Russia's war against Ukraine.

IEM – no noise is good noise!

1 September 2016 | | Audiology - Adult
Whether you’re an active musician or a music-loving commuter, noise exposure via music is a very real concern. Musician, sound engineer and Puretone Sales Manager, Deke Frickey, looks at where the dangers lie and the best ways to overcome them....

Is one glass of wine on call safe?

1 January 2014 | | ENT
It’s a standard question for those about to sit a Specialist Training (ST) interview; you are on call and you call a senior colleague in to perform an operation. You smell alcohol on the breath of the surgeon, so what...

TWJ Fellowship – Toronto 2015: Endoscopic Ear Surgery

1 May 2016 | | ENT, Otology
The Thomas Wickham Jones (TWJ) Foundation is a charitable trust with the aim of helping patients with deafness overcome their disability. Striving to achieve this goal they provide educational grants to otolaryngologists and other related audiological professionals working within the...

Global health missions – not just for consultants. A guide for trainees.

31 October 2018 | | ENT
Lulu Ritchie is a courageous and driven trainee in London, inspired by humanitarian missions but conscious of the usual requests for consultant level doctors. Lulu didn’t let that hold her back. She found a way and has kindly summarised her...

The outer ear in the visual arts

2 March 2022 | | ENT, Otology, Audiology - Adult
The ear is an exceptional organ, and quite rightly takes its place in the visual arts, as described by Albert Mudry, who takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the appearance of the ear and its depictions in art throughout...

OBITUARY: Prof Shanmugam Kameswaran (1923-2021)

10 August 2021 | | ENT, Otology
Professor Shanmugam Kameswaran was born in 1923 and did his MBBS and MS at Madras Medical College, India, under PV Cherian who later became the Governor of Maharashtra, India. He worked as his assistant and left for the UK in...