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The SpeechVive: In conversation with inventor, Jessica Huber

1 September 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Parkinson’s disease often results in a characteristically quiet voice. But a new device is offering hope to patients who are struggling to be heard. Jessica E Huber. Tell us, what is the SpeechVive? The SpeechVive is a wearable device designed...

Malignant lesions and reconstruction of the pinna

2 March 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
External ear reconstruction can be challenging. Baskaran Ranganathan and Amr Abdelhamid describe how careful assessment, planning and surgery following the subunit principles and reconstructive ladder will ultimately lead to good aesthetic outcomes with restored form and function. The external ear,...

Impact of outer ear problems in Northern Ethiopia: experiences of a global outreach clinic

2 March 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Outer ear disease is one of the commonest reasons for attending the ENT clinic in Ethiopia, just as in the UK. Very little has been published on the experiences of ENT clinics in Ethiopia. Here Yilkal Tassew, Seid Temam and...

Laryngeal endoscopies

6 November 2024 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Here, the authors provide some great tips for performing a successful microlaryngoscopy which should be of benefit to those learning this very common procedure. In this article, we will discuss tips for performing a microlaryngoscopy, and different laryngoscopes used to...

Demystifying laryngology in the era of examination and collaboration

1 May 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In the field of laryngology, perhaps more than in any other area of ENT, there has been a philosophical shift (as well as a technological one) in the approach of clinicians caring for patients. Albert Merati explains. Progress in laryngology...

What’s new about the 5th Congress of the CEORL-HNS?

1 January 2019 | | ENTA-ENT
The CEORL-HNS congress will feature novel ideas for sessions, including debates, ‘basic ENT’ and ‘nightmare’ sessions! The two leading figures of the meeting tell us about the evolution of the congress and future directions. There is something new about the...

From the editor March/April 2024

4 March 2024 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTW / X: @Voicedoctor_uk Changes are afoot here at ENT & Audiology News, so loyal readers will notice a few differences for March/April...

ManCAD Research CAPers Conference

16 September 2024 -17 September 2024 | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
ManCAD's upcoming inaugural research conference has been playfully named ‘Research CAPers’ – as in Research Clinical Auditory Papers. This year’s conference highlighted the scientific accomplishments of Professor Dave Moore – who is retiring later this year from his various academic roles.

Bringing space science to balance and tinnitus

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Jameel Muzaffar is a specialist registrar in ENT surgery in the West Midlands. His research interests include applications of imaging to ENT. Chris Coulson is a consultant otologist, particularly interested in the development of technological solutions. He is part of...

A ‘rye’ tail – the fatal illness of Lord Boringdon, a Regency tragedy

5 January 2022 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-ENT
The anonymous privately-printed book, Some Account of Lord Boringdon’s Accident, describes in deferential terms a case of aspiration of a foreign body and its sequelae. Today aspirated foreign bodies are serious but curable injuries; before the invention of the bronchoscope...

Erasmus Darwin and the larynx – but why is it where it is and when?

3 May 2022 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Charles Darwin’s grandfather was not only on to where we all came from by the end of the 18th century, but dared to declare it in verse whilst resident in Lichfield Cathedral Close. This needed exceptional temerity, since not only...

Did you ever meet Draffin on your travels?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-ENT
Draffin’s rods or bipods are a well-known ENT instrument. Before their invention in 1951, the attendant anaesthetist or nurse was obliged to support the mouthgag during tonsillectomy. Their originator, David Alexander Draffin (born in 1917 in Ballybey, Co Monaghan), was...