My main fields are otology and neurotology and I have a lot of experience of cochlear implantation, tympanoplasty, canaloplasty, and lateral skull base surgery. I am the Past President of Japanese Audiological Society which contains more than 2500 members including approximately 1700 ENT doctors. The annual number of cochlear implantation has been increasing to be approximately 1200 in Japan.
Latest Contribution
In conversation with Professor Seiji Kakehata
Endoscopic ear surgery has been a rapidly evolving area of clinical practice in recent years. Our Global Ambassador in the Far East/ASEAN Region, Professor Tatsuya Yamasoba talks to one of the main exponents of this technique, and about the next...
Guidelines on COVID-19 published by Asia Pacific Laryngology Association (APLA)
Due to a vast geographical spread with diverse socio-economic conditions in the Asia Pacific countries, APLA Founding Chair, Vasant Oswal, President, David Lau, and Secretary, Vyas Prasad decided to publish guidelines on COVID-19 in the form of an ‘International Consensus',...
