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Face to Face – facial reconstructive surgery mission in Ukraine

31 May 2023
Face to Face is a humanitarian project to help those who have suffered facial trauma as a result of Russia's war against Ukraine.

Possibility of noise induced hearing loss during middle ear suction for secretory otitis media

1 January 2015 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Otology
Emission of high intensity sound is dangerous to the cochlea and can result in noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). Removal of middle ear fluid is common in everyday practice and the possibility of inducing NIHL is seldom considered and not...

Surgical challenges in advanced or recurrent thyroid malignancy

1 July 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
The management of thyroid malignancy and extent of surgery is controversial, especially considering the limitations of preoperative diagnosis. Neil Tolley provides guidance and reminds us of our responsibility not to over-treat. In the UK, 16% of thyroidectomies are performed for...

In conversation with Professor Janet Wilson

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
As she approaches her retirement from clinical practice, Professor Janet Wilson speaks to our Editor (and fellow laryngologist) Declan Costello about surgical training, research, diversity, literature and the future. You have had an immensely successful career in ENT – how...

An update on laryngeal reinnervation

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Laryngeal paralysis remains very difficult to treat, but reinnervation offers many attractions. Laryngeal paralysis presents a unique and varied problem that requires a patient centred approach and a range of treatment options depending on laryngeal and patient factors. There is...

The Medical Art Society

1 July 2018 | | ENT
Historian, sculptor and general polymath Neil Weir neatly demonstrates the strong links between our speciality and the creative arts, along with his colleague from the Medical Art Society, Jeanette Cayley. At a summer meeting of the British Medical Association in...

Musical perception and the brain: In conversation with Charles Limb

7 January 2020 |
One of the unique aspects of BACO 2020 will be a public engagement event. Charles Limb, an esteemed guest lecturer from San Francisco, will delve deep into the neurological experience of music. Who better than our very own Declan Costello...

Barriers to cochlear implantation in low resource settings

9 September 2020 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants
The benefits of early detection and rehabilitation of hearing loss in children, especially through cochlear implantation, are unequivocal. However, access to these valuable resources is far from equal and universal. Identifying the barriers is the first major step in addressing...

Musical perception and the brain: In conversation with Charles Limb

7 January 2020 |
One of the unique aspects of BACO 2020 will be a public engagement event. Charles Limb, an esteemed guest lecturer from San Francisco, will delve deep into the neurological experience of music. Who better than our very own Declan Costello...

From the editor May/June 2023

4 May 2023
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk The management of swallowing disorders is often seen as a ‘Cinderella’ field, so it is a real pleasure to be able...

BCIG Annual Meeting 2024

30 April 2024 -1 May 2024 | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants
Jameel Muzaffar, Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. The British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) Meeting 2024, hosted by the North East Cochlear Implant Programme (NECIP), was entitled ‘Learning journeys – bringing people together’. The gathering was a showcase...

Matthew Clark: full-time otologist, spare-time sculptor

1 July 2018 | | ENT
Drilling a temporal bone may seem like torture to some trainee surgeons. To others it is but a stepping stone to something altogether grander... I took Art A-level a year early so as not to interfere with the ‘important subjects’,...