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Being a doctor abroad – comparing the Greek healthcare system with the NHS
Healthcare systems and training programmes vary significantly across the world. By learning about other healthcare systems, we can identify blind spots in our own system and continue to improve training. Sofia Anastasiadou, an ENT Registrar in South West England, describes...ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting
Dr Bec Anning, SET2 Otolaryngology Trainee, New South Wales, AustraliaThis March, delegates and experts from around the world joined us on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, for the 75th ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting. The...
Redux: a new professional hearing aid dryer
Moisture is one of the most common reasons hearing aids malfunction. Whether it is because a patient forgot to take off their hearing aids before jumping in the swimming pool, they wear their hearing aids while working out or they...Targeted CMV screening and hearing management of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is a common congenital infection and is the leading infectious cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children. Prof Karen Fowler discusses current research and the exciting future of screening for cCMV in newborns. Figure 1....
Information to support decision-making: does it make sense online?
The internet has become a major source for health information, with many people preferring to use the internet to search for advice than speaking to health professionals. Yet much of the information available is very difficult to read for the...The role of metrics in studies of hearing and cognition
Introduction When perceiving sounds in real-world listening environments, older adults encounter several sources of degradation that can interfere with the perceptual process (Figure 1). Target signals (i.e. the sounds that a listener wants to focus on) have specific acoustic characteristics...
Sandlin’s Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification: Technical and Clinical Considerations – Third Edition
This textbook is intended for graduate clinicians and scientists in audiology. It covers a broad range of topics over 20 chapters written by clinical and technical experts, most of whom are based in the US and Denmark, and the book...Free online music training for cochlear implant users: MELUDIA & MED-EL
Hearing implant users, caregivers and hearing experts can now access a free musical online training that was curated with a special focus on CI users.Submissions for the 6th Annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™
Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) is now accepting submissions for the sixth annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™, an annual programme honouring technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry.This year’s awards will recognise excellence in the following eight categories:...
Understanding Childhood Hearing Loss – Whole Family Approaches to Living and Thriving
Brian Fligor is an experienced paediatric audiologist working in America. This book was written for the hearing impaired child and their family to demystify the technical and emotional aspects of hearing loss and the journey from diagnosis through to adolescents....
Moderating effect of hearing aids on association between hearing loss and brain structure?
Previous studies have suggested links between age-related hearing loss and structural changes in cortical regions with auditory and language functions, which could be causative of cognitive decline linked to the condition. The authors reason reduced sensory input could be causative...
