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The Essential Guide to Coding in Otolaryngology: Coding, Billing, and Practice Management - Second Edition

Medical coding has been complex, evolving, and less understood by many, although it affects every medical practitioner practice in the United States. This book presents with the essentials of coding and billing for the otolaryngologist, thereby making it efficient and...

Speedy speedy: people with MND chew faster but speak slower

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive neurological condition that affects motor neurons in the brain, brainstem and spinal cord, affecting the control of skeletal muscles for speech, chewing and swallowing. There are two variants of MND, with symptoms typically...

A cognitive therapy programme for hearing impairment: reducing avoidance and mental distress

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a psychotherapeutic treatment method, is most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression. Newly published results from a controlled, clinical study demonstrate that an adapted CBT programme is useful for several common challenges in aural rehabilitation;...

Predicting which oropharyngeal SCC HPV-positive patients should avoid de-escalated treatment

This study is timely for many reasons and raises very important questions in the management of the current rise in HPV-positive patients with oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). The uniqueness of this group within head and neck cancer in terms of favourable...

Future of Hearing Healthcare virtual conference

The fifth annual Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference (FHH) will be held virtually on Wednesdays May 14, 21 and 28, continuing its mission to highlight the ideas, innovations, and individuals shaping the future of hearing care. Organised by Hearing Health...

Jan Plzák takes helm as president of the CEORL-HNS

The Confederation of European Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (CEORL-HNS) proudly announces the appointment of Professor Jan Plzák as its new president.

Symposium ORL 75

Therese Schembri, Higher specialist trainee in ENTA highly successful French-Maltese ORL symposium hosted by Professor Adrian Agius was held in Malta in November 2025. ORL-75 refers to the post code of Paris. Forty Parisian ORL specialists and head and neck...

Evidence for balloon eustachian tuboplasty

Balloon eustachian tuboplasty is an emerging intervention aimed at the management of eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) and its sequelae. The authors acknowledge that ETD is a common but frequently ill-defined problem, with no well-established direct treatment. They performed a systematic...

Sing it, say it, sort it: singing for Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in 1% of the population aged over 60. Changes in voice and speech are among the earliest and most prevalent symptoms of PD; reduced vocal intensity, monopitch, monoloudness, breathy and hoarse voice quality, imprecise articulation, vocal...

What’s happened since the European position paper on nose and sinus tumours?

The management of malignant sinonasal tumours has gone through radical changes in recent years. Prof Valerie Lund gives us an update based on her upcoming talk at IFOS. In 2010 when we published the European position paper on ‘endoscopic management...

All change at International Newsround

ENT & Audiology News has two new ENT editors who have joined Audiology Editor Keiran Joseph on the International Newsround section. After six years in the role, Emma Stapleton has handed over to Rohma Abrar and Haseem Raja. “They are...

Comprehensive Techniques in CSF leak repair and skull base reconstruction

This book certainly does what it says on the tin, and covers its subject very comprehensively. Normally a topic covered by a single chapter in a rhinology or skull base surgery textbook, this book offers 17 chapters on all aspects...