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Trachealator balloon™ outline awarded GOLD MEDAL in the 2021 MDE Awards

TrachealatorBadge™ outline Non-occlusive Airway Dilation Balloon, from DISA Medinotec (Pty) Ltd, has been awarded a GOLD MEDAL in the 2021 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) in the ER & OR Tools, Equipment & Supplies category.

MICRONOMIC® III Good things do come in small packages!

Entermed’s budget-friendly Micronomic III is a compact workstation designed to accommodate every ENT surgeons’ basic requirements in tight conditions.

Join BIOHIT HealthCare for a round table discussion about laryngopharyngeal reflux diagnosis

BIOHIT HealthCare, a leading provider of products and services to ENT departments across the UK, is set to host a round table discussion about diagnosing laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), to develop the understanding of clinical needs and patient pathways. This two-way...

A comparison between artificial and cadaveric temporal bones in terms of providing realistic setting and structural details

Increasing difficulties, costs and risks of infection have led to the use of artificial temporal bones for training in mastoid and middle ear surgery. Whether these provide a realistic learning environment (face value) and offer structural details to learn from...

Share your perspective on improving reflux care pathways

BIOHIT HealthCare recently brought together leading ENT specialists and speech and language therapy professionals for a roundtable discussion on the complexities of diagnosing laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and extraoesophageal reflux. Key themes included the lack of consensus around LPR as a...

Starry eyed?

Attentive listening and active listening skills suggest that eye movement is an important factor in subject engagement. Indeed, when asked, AI suggests gaze is held for 70% of the time when listening. Although the route of this percentage is unclear,...

Audiology in this issue...Advances in the Diagnostic Test Battery (Mar/Apr19)

Priya Carling, AuD, Director and Consultant Audiologist,Kent Hearing Ltd, UK. E: priya@Kenthearing.com The 3 March is the World Health Organisation’s World Hearing Day 2019. This year, the theme is ‘check your hearing’ to encourage early identification and management of hearing...

Ida Institute scales down

The Ida Institute has been unable to secure future funding and is significantly scaling back its activities.

60th ENT Congress for the South African Society of ORL-OHNS

Dr Greta Niemann, ENT surgeon, Pretoria The 60th Annual ENT Conference held in Pretoria in November was a remarkable event, skilfully organised and offering an exceptional line-up of international and local speakers. This year’s gathering provided a unique opportunity for...

Back to the Future

Normally my objective for this column is to highlight an innovation that is already fully realised and on the market. Sometimes it can be fun instead to look forward to what innovations are coming down the pipeline. With that in...

What Plug?

For decades, audiologists have encouraged people to wear hearing protection when they attend concerts. Traditionally, the most accessible options have been foam plugs, which have limited appeal due to their poor sound quality. Disposable foam plugs absorb high frequency sounds...

Reflected glory: the race to claim the laryngeal mirror

“None of today’s young doctors can start to imagine the feeling of professional helplessness and despair that prevailed before the invention of the laryngeal mirror. Thousands of people died, whom we were not able to help, or even bring relief...