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Public health planning for hearing impairment (2017)

1 November 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
In 2009 Professor Andrew Smith and Dr Daksha Patel identified the need for awareness of public health methods in hearing healthcare planning. In 2010 the first training course was held, and since then 760 health workers from 41 countries have...

Facing up to the challenge of behavioural observation in infant hearing assessment

31 October 2018 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
The ability to assess detection and discrimination of speech by infants has proved elusive. Dr Iain Jackson and colleagues discuss how new technologies and fresh approaches might offer valuable insight into young infants’ behavioural responses to sound. The limits of...

Cartilage conduction hearing aids: the third pathway for sound transmission and its application

7 January 2020 | | Audiology - Adult
Air-conduction and bone-conduction are familiar terms; now enter ‘cartilage conduction’. This new term offers a novel approach sound transmission. Hiroshi Hosoi explains the concept and proposes some future applications. The new sound pathway ‘cartilage conduction’ can provide various types of...

Alternobaric vertigo: asymmetrical vestibular function due to asymmetrical middle ear pressures (Iron Man’s archenemy)

4 November 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Vestibular Disorders
The Marvel Cinematic Universe could certainly be deemed an ‘extreme environment’ and yet very rarely do we see the Avenger’s popping to the clinic for a check-up. Hee-Young Kim has wondered how they cope with extreme pressure changes and discusses...

Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment (2022)

2 March 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
The World Report on Hearing, published in 2021 by the WHO reports that 430 million people in the world have moderate or worse hearing loss, all of whom require rehabilitation [1]. Over 1.5 billion have any degree of hearing loss....

In conversation with Ulrik Pedersen, Chairman of the EBEORL-HNS Exam Board

1 March 2017 | | ENT
The European Examination Board in Otorhinolaryngology was created in 2008 in order to ‘harmonise the knowledge base among otorhinolaryngolgists throughout Europe’. Declan Costello spoke to new Chairman of the Board, Ulrik Pedersen. Ulrik Pedersen. Congratulations on your appointment as the...

Cell therapies for hearing loss

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Cell therapies could offer a way to repair damage to the auditory system and reverse many types of hearing loss. This article looks at the progress being made.

Royal Society of Medicine – new presidents, new programme

8 September 2023
Exciting changes are occurring at the ENT section of the Royal Society of Medicine over the next academic year. Professor Peter Rea and Professor Claire Hopkins, the incoming presidents of the Otology and the Laryngology & Rhinology Sections, have come together to create a combined programme.

The British Laryngological Association and Industry

1 March 2015 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In 2011 British laryngologists Martin Birchall and Guri Sandhu, assisted by ENT SpR Chad Al Yagachi, organised the first highly successful three-day international ‘Cutting-Edge Laryngology for the 21st Century’ conference at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The Kenes...

Robotic assisted orbital surgery (RAOS) – a novel approach to orbital malignancy surgery

4 March 2024 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Robotic technology in ENT surgery has been used in certain areas of head and neck cancer care but, in this article, we hear of an exciting development from the team at Guy’s & St Thomas’. Advances in surgical robotic technology...

The experience of being a new ENT SHO

3 May 2024 | | ENT
In this article, Matt Donachie shares insights on the daunting yet enjoyable experience of starting as an ENT junior doctor, offering valuable advice. Starting your first job as a junior doctor in any specialty in the UK can be a...

Bringing ear care and hearing services to the hardest to reach: the potential of primary healthcare workers

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Otology
Can workers from the local community plug the workforce gap in providing ear and hearing care? Bringing ear and hearing care services closer to the community remains a key component of reducing the burden of ear and hearing conditions across...