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Hearing aids 2019: today’s technology

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
High-end or basic hearing aids: does the technology level make a difference? Catherine Palmer shares the current evidence base and suggests where hearing healthcare professionals can make the most impact. The most common complaint from individuals with mild-to-moderately severe hearing...

The art and science of acoustic ecology

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Aki Pasoulas summarises the diverse forms and approaches of the relatively new and expanding area of acoustic ecology, a discipline that studies the relationship between living beings and their sonic environment. Sound Ecology emerged in the late 1960s through the...

Building sound: from Stonehenge to a Symphony Hall

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Modern architecture can use scientific techniques to shape room acoustics and create great sounding places. Professor Trevor Cox discusses our ancestors’ understanding of the importance of building techniques to enhance acoustics from Stonehenge to a Symphony Hall. Going to an...

Moving forward for better communication for the Deaf and hard of hearing – Wavefront Centre

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Now more than ever, guaranteeing accessibility and inclusion is a vital need for people of all abilities. The Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility in Vancouver, BC, is a model on to how to effectively address these issues and serve the...

The delivery of ENT services in Mongolia: what are its obstacles?

1 January 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Globally, the burden of ENT disease is great. Disabling hearing loss (DHL) for example, is reported to affect half a billion people worldwide. The majority of afflicted individuals live in lower and middle-income countries (LMIC) [1]. This article, a collaboration...

Head and neck cancer deaths to cost $535 billion by 2030

3 March 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
More than 500,000 people across the globe will die this year from head and neck cancer, which is the sixth most common cancer in the world and comprises malignancies of the nose, mouth, throat, larynx, and neck. Assuming current trends...

Advances in ear and hearing telehealth

4 May 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-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...

In conversation with Dr Helen Bevan: Approaching change in the NHS with a new mindset

1 September 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
Dr Helen Bevan has been a leader of large scale change in the English National Health Service (NHS) for more than 20 years and was recently recognised as one of the 60 most influential people in the history of the...

In conversation with Professor Wolfgang Pirsig

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-ENT
Professor Wolfgang Pirsig is a key figure in the field of ENT history and is known for his fascinating discoveries of ENT features in art and historical objects. He kindly agreed to be interviewed for this special history focus by...

In conversation with Professor Gerry O’Donoghue, Master of BACO 2020

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-ENT
We sent Priya Achar and Tawakir Kamani to interview Professor Gerry O’Donoghue, Master of BACO 2020, who has lots to tell us about the modern, collaborative, global, environmental and family friendly ethos of the event. First of all, why BACO...

In conversation with Prof Metin Önerci

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Prof Valerie Lund caught up with friend and colleague, Prof Dr Metin Önerci, to discuss his various positions in rhinology, the FOAM programme with which he is involved, and rhinology in Turkey and the Balkan and the Central Asian region....

In conversation with Professor Valentina Parma, Head of GCCR

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Smell has long been regarded as the Cinderella of the senses, oft neglected by clinicians, the research community and lay public. The Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research looks to change all that. Our roving reporter, Abigail Walker, talks to its...