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International Newsround January 2023

Ray Clarke on ESPO 2023, 4th World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery and reshaping the nose 100 years ago...

Identification of congenital hearing loss in Saudi Arabia

It has long been recognised that timely recognition of congenital hearing loss allows for the morbidity of hearing loss to be minimised. Due to the difficulties with identifying hearing loss in babies, combined with readily available screening technologies, many countries...

International Newsround February 2023

OBE for Mike Smith, World Hearing Day on the way and IFOS 2026 announced...

International Newsround March 2023

World Hearing Day 2023, ESPO 2023 and more on IFOS 23

International Newsround April 2023

AOT in Manchester, ELS in Milan and EUHA online...

International Newsround May 2023

World Congress on Thyroid Cancer, Audiology across Borders and the death of Attila the Hun...

International Newsround June 2023

Hunter Doig Medal for Emma Stapleton, facial reconstructive surgery in Ukraine and ESPO 2023.

International Newsround July 2023

Reports from ERS 2023, BSA Scientific Meeting 2023, CI2023 and many more – plus the first compact auriscope: the 1865 speculum auris of Dr Brunton.

International Newsround August 2023

Reports from ELS, IFHNOS and Young Auditory Implanters' Forum.

Who finds it hard to swallow?

Early identification of dysphagia in inpatients on acute stroke wards has been recommended as best practice guidelines in many countries. However, several institutions fail to use formal dysphagia screening protocols and rely on informal detection by nurses and doctors. This...

We all need to support the human rights of people with communication difficulties

This article starts by reminding us of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations, 1948) of which article 19 stated: ‘‘Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference...

A global view of thyroid surgery practices

The incidence of thyroid cancer continues to increase, and both surgery for benign and malignant disease carries an important and persistent incidence of perioperative complications. This paper reports the results of an electronic survey sent to members of seven surgical...