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Translating research – transforming lives: the BACO 2020 academic programme

7 January 2020 | | ENT
The main attraction of any conference or event is, of course, the academic programme of lectures, workshops and education. Hisham Mehanna, BACO 2020 Academic Chair, and Paul Nankivell, Academic Vice Chair, give us an overview of what to expected in...

Wellbeing – a Scandinavian perspective

3 May 2022 | | ENT
The Swedish concept of ‘fika’ is a state of mind and can help to promote wellbeing in teams. But what is it, and how can it help? It is an interesting thought that being well is not the same as...

IFOS Dubai 2023

3 November 2022 |
Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Msc (Cairo), German Board (Facharzt), FRCS (Edin), President, IFOS World Congress Dubai, 2023; Assistant Under Secretary Public Health, Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE; Vice President, IFOS; President, ARABFOS, GCC ORL Head and Neck Society,...

IOS 2024

11 October 2024 -12 October 2024 | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Head and Neck, Otology, Rhinology / Sinus
The Irish Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Society (IOS) is a prestigious joint North-South Irish ENT society founded in 1961. Professor Rory McConn Walsh (right) considers it a great honour and privilege to be the president in 2024 and 2025, having...

Earplugs fit for purpose

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Tinnitus, Otology, Neurotology
The aim of occupational audiology is to prevent hearing loss caused by occupational sound exposure which can exacerbate the long-term effects of central presbyacusis as employees age. To provide the best noise protection over time, research suggests that best practice...

Contralateral OAEs in children

6 September 2021 | | Audiology - Paediatric | Otoacoustic emissions, medial olivocochlear efferents, paediatric, reliability, spontaneous otoacoustic emissions
Several studies indicate that small changes in the medial olivocochlear (MOC) reflex may possibly be associated with certain pathologies. This could be measured by using contralateral acoustic stimulation (CAS) and observing suppression in otoacoustic emissions (OEAs). The main aim of...

Speech perception in the ageing population

1 October 2018 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | hearing loss, inhibitory control, presbycusis, speech perception, speech-in-noise, syntactic complexity
Speech perception can present a challenge as we grow older. One of the factors responsible is, of course, hearing loss. Now research indicates that other non-auditory factors like cognitive decline may also contribute to difficulties in understanding speech. The authors...

How best to manage single-sided deafness?

1 July 2018 |
Nowadays there is a plethora of options for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) including: Bluetooth contralateral routing of signal (CROS) aids; in-the-ear bone conduction hearing aids (TransEar); intra-oral bone conduction aids (SoundBite) and bone-anchored technologies (BAHA). Unilateral cochlear implantation is...

BAHAs in single-sided deafness doesn’t improve sound localisation

1 May 2017 |
This systematic review from South Korea nicely summarises what we know about SSD (single-sided deafness) and hearing rehabilitation with BAHAs (Bone Anchored Hearing Aids). SSD was defined as a PTA greater than 90 dB and a normal hearing opposite ear...

Beware of Bicycle Face!

21 January 2020 | | ENT
Many of us were told as children that we would get square eyes from watching too much television. But spare a thought for those late Victorian ladies, embracing their first taste of liberty on a bicycle, who were threatened with...

Acoustic shock: definitions and clinical aspects

27 February 2020 | | ENT, Otology, Audiology - Diagnostic
Acoustic shock, a previously little-known and poorly understood clinical entity, came to the public’s attention in 2019 due to a high-profile legal case of a musician at the Royal Opera House. In this fascinating article, Andrew Parker and William Parker...

Audiological approach to treatment of blast-induced tinnitus

1 July 2016 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult
Hearing loss and tinnitus resulting from blast waves in the war zone is becoming more common in our clinics. Hamid Jalilvand based in Tehran, shares his experience in audiological rehabilitation and research findings on patients in his clinics with a...