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The history of person-centred hearing care
In the World Report on Hearing, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 3 March 2021, the use of person-centred care is highly recommended. In this article, we learn about the history of person-centred healthcare and hearing care. But...Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...The big ask – maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit in academic facial plastic surgery in the USA
en·tre·pre·neur, noun a person who organises and operates a business and who has qualities of leadership, initiative and innovation. In the United States, facial plastic surgery (FPS) services are divided among private and academic practices. The vast majority of academic...TWJ Fellowship – Toronto 2015: Endoscopic Ear Surgery
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...Ultramarathons, frostbite and running with wolves
“I could just keep going when most sane people would stop”- the secret to success in head and neck surgery? In August 2015 I crossed the finish line of La Ultra - The High. A small camp of tents and...In conversation with Rosaleen Shine
Rosaleen Shine is synonymous with ENT and Audiology News. She was a key member of the team that founded what was then ENT News 25 years ago, and is well known to ORL and audiology colleagues all over the globe....
Tactile Sensing and Displays: Haptic Feedback for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotics
This book has a catchy title and due to my interest in developing simulation systems for training in surgery I was delighted to be asked to review. However, I found it very hard going and the first few chapters are...VACANCY: Audiologist/Hearing Aid Dispenser – Chelmsford
If you are looking for a role where you are able to make a difference to the lives of patients, whilst being cared for, given flexibility and the opportunities to progress as far as you’d like to, then look no further than our well-established clinic in Chelmsford.Treatment regret in head and neck cancer – trading function for survival
Treatment for H&N cancer can be extremely tough for patients. How do we explain the likely impact as they try to make decisions? And what happens when they regret their choice? Treatment regret is a form of decision regret, involving...American Thyroid Association Thyroid Cancer Management Guidelines: utilising risk stratification to optimise patient care
The steep rise in thyroid surgery around the globe, has led to the development of risk stratification to define the indications for surgery and the extent of surgery as well as adjuvant therapies for papillary carcinoma, to avoid over treatment....
