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In conversation with Liam M Flood: Middlesbrough (M for Michael? ...nope, Martin!)

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
Liam Flood. With a name such as Liam you must have some ‘Irish blood’? Where does your family come from? Tell us more? (What did your old man / mum do?) Some Irish blood? Those who know me well would...

Practising surgery in a war zone: an interview with Dr Volodymyr Melnyk

8 December 2022 |
It is now nine months since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced in late February 2022, with Putin announcing a “special military operation” to “denazify and demilitarise” Ukraine. The rest of the world, however, saw it for what it...

Getting to grips with acoustic trauma

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Our understanding of hearing loss caused by noise exposure to those in the armed forces is growing in interest and understanding. Research at a cellular level is essential to increase our understanding so that we can better diagnose, manage and...

Audiovestibular findings in children with enlarged vestibular aqueduct

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-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...

Supporting music listening through cochlear implant services – experience from a UK adult clinic on supporting musical engagement

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
The perception and enjoyment of music is central to many people’s lives. Harriet Crook (herself a cochlear implant recipient) tells us about important work in this area for people using hearing aids and CIs. There is now a wealth of...

Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy

7 July 2021 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...

The development of endoscopic sinus surgery – a meeting of three great minds

1 May 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
The story of the development of endoscopic sinus surgery is inextricably linked with the names of Stammberger, Messerklinger and Storz. Karl Storz’s daughter, Sybill Storz, tells us more. We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation of...

A global online fellowship in head and neck surgery and oncology

1 July 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
The International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) offers an online fellowship training programme for advanced trainees wishing to subspecialise in head and neck surgery and oncology. Emma Stapleton speaks with the Chairman of the Board of Directors...

Thyroid dysfunction and Meniere’s disease: is there a relationship?

1 July 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
The set of symptoms described as Meniere’s disease may have several causative factors. Timothy Hain and Patthida Maroongroge look for a relationship in the literature between Meniere’s disease and hypothyroidism. Meniere’s disease (MD) affects around two in 1000 people and...

Be who you needed when you were younger

4 September 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Trainee audiologist, deaf England futsal player and deaf advocate Zara Musker discusses finding her own deaf identity: “It’s part of me but not all of me”. Am I an audiologist? A deaf England futsal player? An advocate for deaf individuals?...

The tip in rhinoplasty

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-Rhinoplasty
Getting the tip right (both its position and its shape) is vital in rhinoplasty. George Marcells eloquently gives us his perspective on how to get it right. “Many surgeons overly concentrate on the profile at the expense of the frontal...

ENT and audiology in the Land of a Thousand Hills

4 March 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Rwanda is a beautiful country known as the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’. It is located in the Great Rift Valley in East Africa and shares borders with Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, all offering direct...