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British Society of Audiology (BSA) Scientific Meeting 2024

17 June 2024 -18 June 2024 | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy
On the 17 and 18th June 2024 at the BCEC in Birmingham, the BSA held their annual Scientific meeting.

Rapid genetic testing to avoid hearing loss in neonates

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Otology
Thousands of newborn babies could avoid a lifetime of hearing loss thanks to a new rapid genetic test. In this article, we learn how. We have demonstrated for the first time that a rapid genetic test from a cheek swab...

New RSM presidents preview the year ahead

30 September 2024
Professor Patrick Axon, President of the UK’s Royal Society of Medicine Otology Section and Michelle Wyatt, incoming President of the section of Laryngology and Rhinology, look forward to the year ahead.

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...

WCA Innovation Prize

8 November 2024
At the World Congress of Audiology in Paris in September, a special prize was announced for the best innovation that addresses an unmet medical need. Candidates were selected from domains such as clinical trials or medical devices, and given five minutes and five slides to pitch in front of an international jury of researchers, clinicians, economists and industry professionals.

COVID-19 in China: the experience of an ENT team

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
In January, we first heard of COVID-19. As we currently do battle with it on our own shores, colleagues in China share their story with us as life there slowly and cautiously begins to return to normal and the country...

Experience on the front line

21 January 2021 | | ENTA-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...

Screening for hearing loss with mHealth solutions

1 March 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
With the number of people suffering from hearing loss growing all the time, the need for early detection and intervention is imperative. De Wet Swanepoel discusses two examples of mHealth possibilities for hearing screening which, as a low cost solution,...

New hearing healthcare service-delivery models with connected technologies

1 November 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Connected hearing healthcare can improve access to affordable hearing healthcare. DeWet Swanepoel discuss how innovative trends in connectivity and technology offer opportunities for novel and decentralised models of delivering high-quality hearing healthcare. Megatrends in connectivity and technology have ushered in...

MDT clinics for adults with learning disabilities and hearing loss

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Healthcare providers can have limitations and challenges providing optimum care for patients with intellectual disabilities. Siobhan Brennan and Susanna Goodhart highlight key professionals and carers who may be instrumental when trying to deliver good management and care along with other...

Decreased sound tolerance in autism: understanding and distinguishing between hyperacusis, misophonia, and phonophobia

3 May 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Decreased sound tolerance (DST) affects a significant proportion of autistic people throughout their lifetime and, as Zachary J Williams explains, it is important that clinicians are aware of the three distinct subtypes of DST when making a diagnosis. Autism spectrum...

Endoscopic arytenoid abduction lateropexy for bilateral vocal cord paralysis in neonates

1 July 2018 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
We are delighted to publish a further update on the use of the technique for vocal fold lateralisation in neonates from Laszlo Rovo and Shahram Madani, who have previously informed us of this new technique [1]. These cases are rare...