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Surgeons and swearing

1 July 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck
We will all know colleagues who have raised the act of swearing to an art form; just as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It could cut a workmate in half with a well-placed swear word, surgeons can be equally...

Improving cochlear-implant performance in the short- and medium-term

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Can bespoke cochlear implant programming strategies reduce the variability seen in patient performance with an implant? Bob Carlyon reviews the current situation and gives us a glimpse of the future. Although many cochlear implant (CI) patients understand speech well in...

Preservation rhinoplasty

1 July 2019 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Rhinoplasty, Maxillofacial Surgery
Hump reduction and osteotomies to close the open roof, or lowering the whole nasal dorsum? Charles East explains how preservation techniques can improve outcomes by maintaining the integral structures of the nose. What is preservation rhinoplasty? The origins of reduction...

European power women in otolaryngology: a focus on Laura Viani, Ireland’s first female otolaryngologist

1 September 2019 | | ENT, Auditory Implants
Professor Laura Viani is a Consultant Otolaryngologist at Beaumont Hospital and Temple Street University Children’s Hospital and has been a member of Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland for the last 17 years. As the first female...

An overview of human factors in ENT and anaesthesia

1 November 2019 | | ENT
James Bates and Chris Frerk are both passionate about how human factors science can improve safety in healthcare and have co-authored this article describing how communication, ergonomics and other non-technical skills are making operating theatres safer. There is no doubt...

Focus on ENT trainees with additional qualifications

1 March 2016 | | ENT
In this Trainee Matters, we focus on ENT trainees with additional qualifications. Eight accomplished trainees tell Emma Stapleton how their achievements have benefitted them both professionally and personally. Their professional achievements have included a National Training Number in ENT, presentations,...

The costs of applying to ENT specialty training

22 February 2021 | | ENT
Training doctors is costly. In the UK, medical school costs an estimated £230,000 made up of £163,000 in government grants and £65,000 in student loans [1]. Repayment of the student loan begins once the graduate earns above a certain threshold,...

Audiovestibular findings in children with enlarged vestibular aqueduct

1 November 2015 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Vestibular Disorders
Enlarged vestibular aqueduct is reported to affect up to 15% of the paediatric population with sensorineural hearing loss. Devin McCaslin and Bridget Smith provide an up-to-date overview of the mechanisms and clinical symptoms underlying the condition and share some of...

Family-centred early intervention: supporting a call to action

31 October 2018 | | Audiology - Paediatric
Family-centred care for young children is a commonly used but frequently under-appreciated approach in audiology. Prof Moodie discusses how we can take positive action to improve our approach to families in ways that make a meaningful difference in their lives....

How should we detect and identify deficit-specific auditory processing disorders?

31 October 2018 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
The human central auditory nervous system (CANS) is complex and highly dependent upon attention and cognitive brain regions. Profs David Moore and Harvey Dillon discuss novel assessment approaches to clarify auditory contributions to listening difficulties in children. How can we...

Theory of mind and deaf children

1 May 2019 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
Theory of mind relates to a person’s ability to understand the perspectives of others, to be aware that they may differ from one’s own perspectives and the ability to use this knowledge to navigate social situations. Dr Helen Chilton explores...

Breaking barriers in Uganda: the story of Elaine Mukaaya

1 July 2019 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT, Auditory Implants, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric
More than 9% of sub-Saharan Africa’s one billion people live with disabling hearing loss, with children having among the highest rates of childhood hearing loss in the world [1]. Sadly, in concordance with the inverse care law – proposed by...