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Cochlear implantation in children with congenital single-sided deafness

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
To date, there has been very limited data supporting the effectiveness of early provision of a cochlear implant to the deaf ear in infants with congenital single-sided deafness. In this article, the authors share their pioneering work with this special...

The changing role of audiology

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants
Audiology has changed dramatically in recent years. Cochlear implants and high power hearing aids have made hearing really available to children with essentially any degree of hearing loss. Those of us who have been in the field for a long...

Where ART meets Science: A unifying story in ENT & Audiology News

1 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
We are delighted to introduce a stunning new cover series by Dyon Scheijen, a Maastricht-based clinical physicist-audiologist and artist fascinated by the psychology of hearing. Dyon explores the connection between audiology, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and sound perception. He...

Breaking barriers in Uganda: the story of Elaine Mukaaya

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
More than 9% of sub-Saharan Africa’s one billion people live with disabling hearing loss, with children having among the highest rates of childhood hearing loss in the world [1]. Sadly, in concordance with the inverse care law – proposed by...

Audiological and psychological consequences of single-sided deafness

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The loss of sound input from one ear has a significant impact on our perception of our acoustic environment. This impact is compounded in adverse listening conditions. Rachel Knappett’s article explores the audiological impact of this hearing loss and the...

In conversation with Dr Naufal Kassim

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Jane and I first met you six years ago, when we were questioning the apparent high incidence of childhood deafness in Tanzania, and it is a real pleasure doing this interview with you. Your contribution to ENT and general health...

Neuromod establishes global leadership team following launch of Lenire in Spain

21 April 2022 | Company Profiles, Recruitment & Personnel
Neuromod Devices has announced the formation of a global commercial leadership team to further commercialise its Lenire tinnitus treatment device through key partnerships.

European power women in otolaryngology: a focus on Laura Viani, Ireland’s first female otolaryngologist

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Auditory Implants
Professor Laura Viani is a Consultant Otolaryngologist at Beaumont Hospital and Temple Street University Children’s Hospital and has been a member of Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland for the last 17 years. As the first female...

Combined use of a hearing aid and a cochlear implant: a case study

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
When multi-channel cochlear implants (CIs) were first introduced in the 1980s, their use was restricted to people who derived no benefit from conventional amplification. Over the past three decades, however, the criteria for CIs has been relaxed considerably, and it...

Cochlear implants: recipient stories

1 September 2017 | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
The most powerful evidence for the remarkable achievements made with cochlear implants over 40 years comes from the life-changing, personal stories of those who have benefited from the technology. James Rylance I first noticed a problem with hearing when I...

From the editor September/October 2023

4 September 2023 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk Who do you think you are? And – perhaps equally important – how do you come across to other people? For...

Rehabilitation of single-sided deafness with cochlear implants

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
The relatively recent emergence of cochlear implantation as a potential means of restoring hearing to a deafened ear, in the presence of normal hearing in the other ear, has proved an exciting and yet surprising development. James Tysome explores the...