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Diaphanoscopy of the paranasal sinuses (Halloween in ENT Practice)

6 November 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
Since time immemorial, humans have tried to enhance the limited capabilities of their sense organs. It would be a clear advantage to be able to see through objects and discern what lies inside or behind them! This concept of transillumination...

BLA Cutting Edge Laryngology 2024

2 October 2024 -4 October 2024 | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy
Matthew Cherko, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustCutting Edge Laryngology has proven to be a biennial hallmark conference, and this year displayed that more than ever. It saw London’s Royal Society of Medicine host three days brimming with excellent academic and...

WCA Innovation Prize

8 November 2024
At the World Congress of Audiology in Paris in September, a special prize was announced for the best innovation that addresses an unmet medical need. Candidates were selected from domains such as clinical trials or medical devices, and given five minutes and five slides to pitch in front of an international jury of researchers, clinicians, economists and industry professionals.

Lawrence Werth (19 October 1956 – 19 August 2014)

1 November 2014
In August the audiology community was saddened to learn that Lawrence Werth (57), Chairman of PC Werth Ltd, London had passed away after a brave battle with skin cancer. A prolific contributor to this magazine over the years, he is...

Timing of surgery in chronic rhinosinusitis: does it matter?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
While many patients with chronic rhinosinusitis respond to medical treatment, some do not. The next step for these patients is surgery, but how soon should this be offered? Sooner rather than later seems to be the answer, as Claire Hopkins...

Manuel Patricio Rodriguez Garcia (1805-1906): The ‘inventor of the laryngoscope’ and world-renowned singing teacher

1 May 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Paris was the birthplace of the laryngoscope, invented by Manuel Garcia. As we are in Paris for IFOS 2017, Neil Weir tells us about this fascinating man, who travelled the world and was a renowned singer and laryngologist. Manuel Patricio...

Global health missions – not just for consultants. A guide for trainees.

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
Lulu Ritchie is a courageous and driven trainee in London, inspired by humanitarian missions but conscious of the usual requests for consultant level doctors. Lulu didn’t let that hold her back. She found a way and has kindly summarised her...

Clinical utility and practical interpretation of the video head impulse test

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
The head impulse test (HIT) is an essential bedside test to detect peripheral vestibular deficits. The video head impulse test (vHIT) is a new tool quantifying the HIT. In this article Maria Heuberger and colleagues point out the clinical utility...

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...

Multifrequency tympanometry

1 March 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
There are many good reasons to start using multifrequency tympanometry as opposed to a traditional, single 226Hz probe tone. Here, Leigh Martin of Interacoustics discusses the uses and benefits. Tympanometry is a core test in the audiologist’s test battery. In...

Targeted focal parathyroidectomy

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Leanne Hamilton and Louise Clark describe their technique for helping to localise parathyoid adenomas. Surgically this can be difficult, so careful preoperative evaluation using imaging as described can help minimise difficulties intraoperatively when identifying the parathyroid adenoma. Preoperative imaging has...

Quo vadis FESS? Future directions in functional endoscopic sinus surgery

1 May 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Imaging, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Endoscopic sinus surgery is now so ubiquitous that it is hard to imagine a time when it was not part of our clinical practice. Valentin Tomazic takes a look at its early development and looks ahead to endoscopic sinus surgery...