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MicroREC Optical System

5 January 2022 | | ENT, Otology
The MicroREC is a product by Custom Surgical, a German medtech company, and works as an attachment for an operating microscope to enable procedures to be viewed and recorded on a smartphone. It’s advertised as a device used in ENT,...

Is there hope of hearing for postmeningitic patients deemed unsuitable for a cochlear implant?

1 May 2019 | | Neurotology, Otology | Auditory brainstem implant, cochlear implantation, cochlear ossification, deafness, hearing loss, meningitis
Rehabilitation of patients with profound hearing loss deemed unsuitable for cochlear implants is challenging. An auditory brainstem implant (ABI) is a viable option for these patients. This paper evaluates auditory and speech perception outcome measures following ABI in 10 postmeningitic...

Genetic discovery using animal models: presbyacusis

1 November 2014 | | ENT, Genetics, Otology
By their very nature, late-onset hereditary disorders offer a large window of opportunity for therapeutic intervention. However, before we can begin to think about strategies we need knowledge of the genetics and pathology underlying the condition. In this article we...

Music and cochlear implants

5 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Introduction The introduction of multichannel cochlear implants (CIs) in the early 1980s provided children and adults with severe and profound hearing losses with greatly improved speech perception skills. In this paper, however, I am going to focus on an area...

Hearing loss in the workplace

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
It is probably accurate to say that most jobs today can be effectively performed by people who have hearing loss. In this article Dr Sam Trychin outlines some of the major issues which should be considered in regard to hearing...

The challenges of facemasks for people with hearing loss

7 May 2020 | | COVID-19
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen an exponential increase in the use of face masks. Guidance around the globe varies on the use of face masks as an effective barrier to the coronavirus. Whereas in pre-covid...

A one-stop state of the art, non-profit healthcare facility in Pune, India

1 March 2017 | | ENT
In 2001, a non-profit healthcare facility was founded in Pune India, providing low and middle income group patients with treatment, not only at a minimum cost, but of a quality which bears the stamp of approval by the Royal College...

Cutting burr otoplasty and conchal setback to correct prominent pinna: a ‘step by step approach’

1 January 2015 | | Otology
Prominent ears can cause significant social and psychological effects on an individual. The two most common anatomical defects for a prominent pinna are an underdeveloped anti-helical fold and / or enlarged conchal bowl. In the senior author’s practice over the...

In conversation with Bill Gibson, Richard Ramsden and Shakeel Saeed

1 September 2017 | | Auditory Implants, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Adult, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
The surgical aspect of cochlear implantation is both a joy and a challenge – which is why we love it! In this article, Simon Freeman draws on the wisdom of his three previous mentors, sharing pearls from some of the...

In conversation with Harvey Coates

1 November 2016 | | Paediatric ENT, ENT
Indigenous health would remain a Cinderella part of our speciality were it not for the work of a few outstanding pioneers. Kelvin Kong speaks to one of them: Professor Harvey Coates AO. Harvey Coates is a paediatric otolaryngologist and clinical...

Audiovestibular findings in children with enlarged vestibular aqueduct

1 November 2015 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Vestibular Disorders
Enlarged vestibular aqueduct is reported to affect up to 15% of the paediatric population with sensorineural hearing loss. Devin McCaslin and Bridget Smith provide an up-to-date overview of the mechanisms and clinical symptoms underlying the condition and share some of...

Plasticity with cochlear implants: individual factors in the outcomes

1 May 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Otology
Andrej Kral gives us an overview of neuronal plasticity in congenital hearing loss, and discusses why it is core to our clinical interventions in hearing loss and rehabilitation. The brain is born immature and undergoes extensive shaping during early development....