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ENT across borders – revisited

1 March 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
The exceptional Professor Muaaz Tarabichi is known to many as a pioneer of endoscopic ear surgery, and a founder of generous scholarships to trainees from developing countries. He also has an inspiring story of how he came to his current...

Diaphanoscopy of the paranasal sinuses (Halloween in ENT Practice)

6 November 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
Since time immemorial, humans have tried to enhance the limited capabilities of their sense organs. It would be a clear advantage to be able to see through objects and discern what lies inside or behind them! This concept of transillumination...

ESPO 2025

3 May 2025 -6 May 2025
ESPO 2025: 17th Congress of the European Society of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyESPO 2025 in Stuttgart promises to be an exciting get-together. Every aspect of paediatric ORL will be covered in what has become the largest global gathering in the subspecialty. Looking...

Royal Society of Medicine – the year ahead

4 November 2022
Professor Peter Andrews and Professor Manohar Bance look forward to 2022-23.

Direct-to-consumer hearing devices: a need to combine cosmetic appeal with device capabilities

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
How safe and desirable are direct-to-consumer amplification devices? A team has put a range of devices through their paces and compared them to a standard NHS hearing device. Why do most individuals who would benefit from hearing aids not try...

Screening for hearing aid fittings – an approach for primary care

14 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Introduction The communication difficulties related to hearing loss can lead to ‘depression, social withdrawal and problems with employment and access to information sources’ [1]. Furthermore, unmanaged hearing loss is associated with dementia, a poorer quality of life, depression, anxiety and...

How good ideas become great products: in conversation with three medical innovators

2 November 2020 | | ENTA-ENT
Ever had a great idea for an innovation that would significantly improve your practice, but wondered how to go about developing it? Lucy Dalton interviewed three consultant ENT surgeons-come-successful innovators (one international, one novice and one experienced) who explain what...

The preventative audiologist

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Rob Shepheard has been championing the role of ‘the preventative audiologist’ for many years. In this article, he explores how that can be achieved.

In conversation with Paul Lamb

1 July 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Paul Lamb recently joined a team undertaking a hearing care mission to Armenia with the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Paul took time to discuss the aims and achievements of these missions through his personal experiences with the foundation. Paul Lamb. The...

User perspectives of online audiological rehabilitation programmes

1 March 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Recent research shows that online audiological rehabilitation programmes have the potential to improve the quality of life of hearing aid users. However, there are still areas that need need improvement. Elisabet Thorén discusses some of the problems people face when...

The role of significant others in hearing aid adoption

1 July 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults and its prevalence is found to increase with age. Over the years, amplification technology has advanced significantly from analogue to digital signal processing. Despite this,...

AUDIOLOGY - In conversation with Hans Henrik Philipsen

1 July 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
So your background is in social research, how did you develop an interest in this area? I have always had an immense curiosity when it comes to understanding other people and other cultures. My early experience as a teenager in...