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Improving cochlear-implant performance in the short- and medium-term

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Can bespoke cochlear implant programming strategies reduce the variability seen in patient performance with an implant? Bob Carlyon reviews the current situation and gives us a glimpse of the future. Although many cochlear implant (CI) patients understand speech well in...

Tone deafness and perfect pitch

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
If you think you are tone deaf, do not despair. Singing tuition should help but it is probably too late to hope to develop perfect pitch. Consultant otolaryngologist and keen musician, Chris Aldren, discusses the complex and fascinating subject of...

Making healthcare conferences green

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - General
Who knew our healthcare conference industry contributed so much to global carbon emissions? This article summarises means to reduce the impact such that we can continue to meet with our peers for educational meetings and networking, but in a sustainable...

A place for everything and everything in its place: the practicalities of randomised clinical trials

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Will this pill cure tinnitus? Bonnie Millar describes one trial that has investigated the possibility whilst describing the path of drug trials in the UK. Background In the last quarter of 2014, a clinical trial (QUIET-1; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02315508) commenced...

In conversation with Professor Wolfgang Pirsig

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
Professor Wolfgang Pirsig is a key figure in the field of ENT history and is known for his fascinating discoveries of ENT features in art and historical objects. He kindly agreed to be interviewed for this special history focus by...

A brief history of the acoustic ear trumpet and some collection favourites

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
If you think you know a thing or two about ear trumpets, I’d bet Michael Briggs knows more! In this fascinating article, he tells the history of the ear trumpet, as well as sharing some wonderful pictures from his Guiness...

In conversation with Professor Paul J Donald

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Prof Paul J Donald has recently stepped down as Chairman of the ORL-HN Department at UC Davis in Sacramento and is winding down to retirement. In this interview with Prof Pat Bradley, Prof Donald explains some of the highlights of...

Tish Gaffney – AAA President

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
From a sunny Southend, UK, Gareth Smith takes 10 minutes to dial into the Sunshine State, USA, and catch up with Tish Gaffney for a lightning-speed chat on the movements and motivations of the 35th president of the American Academy...

The workplace environment and doctors’ health (ENT)

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - General
It is well established that doctors have higher levels of stress, depression and suicide than the general population [1] and most other professional groups (Figure 1 illustrates the factors that can make us ill). In addition they have high levels...

WCA Innovation Prize

8 November 2024
At the World Congress of Audiology in Paris in September, a special prize was announced for the best innovation that addresses an unmet medical need. Candidates were selected from domains such as clinical trials or medical devices, and given five minutes and five slides to pitch in front of an international jury of researchers, clinicians, economists and industry professionals.

ENT leadership

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Challenges The first challenge is to agree what we mean by the term leadership because there are many different ways in which the term is used. What is, however, a consensus is that the key distinction between leadership and management...

Patient experience of necrotising otitis externa

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Otology
Necrotising otitis externa is increasing in incidence in the UK and becoming a rising burden to patients and health services. Despite a growing body of literature on this condition, we know very little about patient experience of necrotising otitis externa....