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Head and neck cancer and PET-CT

1 May 2014 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is an imaging technique in which abnormalities of tissue metabolism are precisely superimposed onto the anatomy. It relies on the premise that malignant cells are more metabolically active compared with non-malignant cells. On this basis,...

The Dilemma of Beethoven’s Deafness

2 March 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Otology
Beethoven was one of the world’s greatest musicians, and his deafness is well known. Many details of his medical conditions are known, and various theories of his hearing loss have been proposed. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in...

History of Hearing Device

3 November 2023 |
Alex Griffiths-Brown, BSc(Hons), MRes, Senior Audiologist, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK. E: alex.griffiths-brown@nhs.netTwitter: @griffithsbrown1 When I was asked to edit ENT&A Nov/Dec 2023 on the history of hearing devices, I knew it was going to be...

May 3rd is Good Vibrations Day | Bone Anchored Awareness Day

22 April 2024 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles
Oticon Medical will celebrate the fourth annual Good Vibrations Day/Bone Anchored Awareness Day on May 3rd, 2024.

Oticon Medical announces (FDA) clearance and CE mark of its first active transcutaneous bone conduction hearing system, the Sentio System.

17 July 2024 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
The Sentio System delivers the proven benefits of the Ponto™ System – and more – in a transcutaneous option.

Laryngeal papillomatosis

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Laryngeal papillomatosis remains one of the most frustrating conditions seen by laryngologists. Sam Majumdar gives us an overview of the current science and clinical practice. Human papilloma virus is a small (> 8kb) double stranded DNA virus with approximately 200...

HPV and ENT; should we vaccinate boys?

1 January 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Paediatric ENT
David Black and Charlie Hall reiterate Vin Paleri’s pleas for a common sense evidence-based approach by those who allocate healthcare resources to the now urgent issue of HPV-related disease. They discuss the merits of different vaccines and the need for...

BACO 2015 – Liverpool

1 September 2015 | | ENT
Team BACO 2015: Academic Secretary, Peter Andrews; Treasurer, Chris Potter; Master, Ian Mackay and Local Host and Programme Director, Andrew Swift. (Photo taken by Academic Chairman, Shakeel Saeed.) In the height of a glorious English summer, over 1200 of the...

In conversation with Professor Gao Zhiqiang

1 March 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Prof Zhiqiang, President of the Chinese Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery takes us on a journey spanning over a hundred years of ENT in China: A story of an amazing achievement in a country with a population over...

Precision and personalised genomic and epigenomic medicine in audiology/hearing loss

1 July 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
A detailed look at the pathogenesis of acquired hearing loss due to exposure to ototoxicity during pregnancy or shortly after birth. Insights from genomic medicine have shown that, along with environmental factors causing epigenetic alterations, hearing loss may be caused...

Advances in ear and hearing telehealth

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult
Telehealth in ear (or tele-otology/tele-audiology) and hearing care has steadily increased as an area of both research and clinical interest over the past 15 years [1]. Driven by rapid advances in connected technologies and wide-ranging potential use cases, telehealth had...

Fifth Sense James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for smell and taste disorders

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Research priorities in the past have been dominated by the quixotic curiosity of individual academics and the capricious generosity of funding organisations. There must be a better way... At Fifth Sense, research is fundamental to the work we do. Above...