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Introduction to speech testing

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Let’s get back to basics: Dr Schoepflin introduces the concepts behind speech testing for hearing care professionals. While pure tone threshold testing is considered the ‘gold standard’ for assessing auditory sensitivity, the results of pure tone testing provide only limited...

Nature or nurture in surgical training

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
It’s Thursday in the UK, so that means time for another root and branch reform of medical training. If you’re not keen on the Greenaway Report (Shape of Training review) [1], don’t fret there’ll be another one along well before...

Pinnaplasty for prominent ears

9 September 2020 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
Pinnaplasty is a challenging yet rewarding procedure for which many different techniques have been described. In this article the authors describe their favoured technique, including the important postoperative care. Prominent ears can be a source of significant psychological distress in...

Comparing AutoREM accuracy to NAL-NL2 targets: real patient data and simulator verification

7 January 2026 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
A new study examines how accurately AutoREMs from four major brands hit NAL-NL2 targets, revealing strengths, limits and clinical implications. Automatic real ear measurements (AutoREMs) have emerged as a promising way to make hearing aid fittings faster and more consistent....

A parent’s journey: beyond the diagnosis

1 January 2015 | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Tamsin Coates lives in Wallesey, UK and talks about coming to terms with the difficulties and joys of having two deaf children. Here she explains about the early days and the impact of their diagnosis upon the family. Thinking back...

Clinical leadership and management: developing world ENT

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
I have been asked to share some of the initiatives I have been involved with to address ENT-related challenges in Africa and the developing world. Developing countries constitute the majority of the world’s landmass (Figure 1), are home to >50%...

Laryngeal transplantation: is it a thing?

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Few organs could be said to be more complex than the larynx when it comes to transplantation. Martin Birchall looks at past challenges, current issues and future prospects. I am not clear exactly why I chose to spend a life...

Alternative listening devices: reaching the places hearing aids don’t

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
The stigma surrounding hearing aids means that many people who would benefit from wearing them are put off from doing so. Alternative listening devices could provide the solution to this. David Maidment discusses these devices, their effectiveness and the impact...

Building sound: from Stonehenge to a Symphony Hall

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Modern architecture can use scientific techniques to shape room acoustics and create great sounding places. Professor Trevor Cox discusses our ancestors’ understanding of the importance of building techniques to enhance acoustics from Stonehenge to a Symphony Hall. Going to an...

Stigma still stops the use of hearing devices

31 October 2025
New data has revealed that the top 10 reasons for avoiding hearing instruments have barely shifted in the past three years, despite rising satisfaction rates and life-changing developments in technology.

In conversation with Duncan Boak, founder of Fifth Sense

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Anosmia Our sense of smell is something we take for granted – but imagine if it wasn’t there… We see many patients who struggle with anosmia, but perhaps don’t always appreciate how much of an effect it has on their...

Modena Lateral Skull Base Summer School

21 July 2025 -28 July 2025
By Manuela Cresswell and Sam Cho ENT UK Chris Raine and Matthew Yung Otology Travelling Fellowship Report We were honoured and grateful to be awarded the ENT UK Chris Raine and Matthew Yung Travelling Fellowship prize to Modena, Italy, to...