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Publishing - a predictor of an academic career in ENT?

5 January 2022 | | ENT residency, academic medicine, otolaryngology residency, publication trends
Achieving a publication as a medical student renders ENT trainees six times more likely to publish again during postgraduate surgical training. But how does this correlate with subsequent subspecialty fellowship training and a career in academia? Johnson et al examined...

Early results of the Cochlear Osia (active transcutaneous bone-conduction implant) in teenagers

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
This funded research trial involving 14 adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in the Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids was carried out just prior to the new Osia implant obtaining FDA approval for use in the USA. The majority had...
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Person-centric practice within a hearing wellbeing programme

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
This Australian team describe their development process of a hearing wellbeing programme beginning in August 2020, with a wide variety of stakeholders being involved. Primarily, they report, they aimed to overcome the challenge of providing engaging social and emotional support...

Tinnitus UK welcomes new CEO

17 December 2024 | Company Profiles, Recruitment & Personnel
Tinnitus UK appointed Alex Brooks-Johnson, a highly experienced voluntary sector leader, as their new CEO. Alex joined the charity in September and has been a CEO in the voluntary sector for 10 years. Tinnitus UK has undergone significant changes in...
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Swallow toxicity score (DIGEST) and its clinical utility in oncology practice

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST, graded from 0–4) was developed as a tool for clinicians to grade dysphagia from modified barium swallow studies (MBSS). The purpose is to provide a common terminology for adverse events of pharyngeal...

Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment (2022)

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
The World Report on Hearing, published in 2021 by the WHO reports that 430 million people in the world have moderate or worse hearing loss, all of whom require rehabilitation [1]. Over 1.5 billion have any degree of hearing loss....

Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - General
Predatory conferences are a growing concern. First highlighted in our sister magazine, Eye News*, the issue affects all areas of medicine – including ENT and audiology. With inboxes filling up with flattering invitations to ‘global’ meetings in glamorous destinations, it’s...

Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - General
Predatory conferences are a growing concern. First highlighted in our sister magazine, Eye News*, the issue affects all areas of medicine – including ENT and audiology. With inboxes filling up with flattering invitations to ‘global’ meetings in glamorous destinations, it’s...

How cognition influences hearing aid use

26 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Neurotology
Introduction Hearing aids are designed to provide amplification for individuals with poor auditory sensitivity. Signal processing algorithms are designed and implemented in hearing aids to further enhance speech intelligibility and to improve listening comfort by attenuating unwanted background noise. Sarampalis...

High intensity, high impact: tackling waiting lists one HIT at a time

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
A monthly high intensity theatre list in Sheffield shows how smart planning, teamwork and focus can dramatically reduce long ENT waiting lists. Finally, after many years of training, I’ve started my first consultant post – only to become part of...

Discovery in the genetics of complex disease: Otitis media

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Otology
Otitis media (OM), a common disease of childhood, is considered to be a complex trait with multiple genetic and environmental factors expected to contribute to a child’s risk of developing recurrent acute OM (rAOM; ≥3 episodes in 6 months or...

Educational audiologists: adding value, bridging gaps

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Educational audiology provides a vital link between health and education by supporting children with hearing loss in educational settings. Joy Rosenberg presents an overview of the training route available in the United Kingdom. Students in lecture. Educational audiologists greatly enhance...