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Drug eluting stent vs INCS for CRS

1 November 2017 |
A prospective, randomised study from Finland to compare a drug eluting stent (DES) and intranasal corticosteroids (INCS) in 63 patients as assessed by SNOT-22, VAS, endoscopy, CT and rhinometry pre-treatment, at three and six months post treatment. Recruitment was over...
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Does middle turbinate resection affect olfaction in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery?

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery | endoscopic endonasal approach, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, middle turbinate resection, olfaction
The middle turbinates (MT) are sometimes partially resected during endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery to improve surgical access. Some outfracture the middle turbinates instead. This article presents results of the first prospective randomised study, investigating the effects of such surgery...

In Conversation with Professor Shakeel R Saeed - EAONO

29 January 2020
The European Academy of Otology and Neuro-otology (EAONO) will hold its 2020 meeting in London. Haroon Saeed, Specialist Trainee in ENT, asked Professor Shakeel Saeed, EAONO President, about the upcoming event. Professor Shakeel Saeed In a nutshell, what is the...

In conversation with Professor Shakeel R Saeed

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
The European Academy of Otology and Neuro-otology (EAONO) will hold its 2020 meeting in London, UK. Haroon Saeed, Specialist Trainee in ENT, asked Professor Shakeel Saeed, EAONO President, about the upcoming event. Professor Shakeel Saeed In a nutshell, what is...

Optical cochlear implants: recent progress toward light-based hearing restoration

4 March 2026 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Optical cochlear implants combine optogenetics and light-based hardware to overcome limits of electrical CIs, promising sharper frequency resolution and more natural hearing. Cochlear implants (CIs) are among the most successful neuroprosthetic devices in modern medicine, restoring speech perception to hundreds...

Precision and personalised genomic and epigenomic medicine in audiology/hearing loss

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
A detailed look at the pathogenesis of acquired hearing loss due to exposure to ototoxicity during pregnancy or shortly after birth. Insights from genomic medicine have shown that, along with environmental factors causing epigenetic alterations, hearing loss may be caused...

Soluvos Medical wishes readers a lovely summer season

24 June 2025 | Company Profiles
Soluvos Medical had a busy conference schedule leading up to the summer break, and the team is now recharging and looking forward to meeting readers again at the next symposia and hands-on courses after the summer break. Find the Soluvos...

Cochlear implantation in the developing world: perspectives from the Indian subcontinent

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
Cochlear implants are an expensive technology, yet profound hearing loss is far from a developed-world phenomenon. On the contrary, incidences of both congenital and acquired hearing losses are high in the developing world. This article explains how an initiative in...

The birth of the TWJ Foundation

14 October 2022
For nearly 50 years, the TWJ Foundation has been promoting the advancement of otology and audiology through education and research. David Wright looks back at its first half century.

Optimising hearing aid processing for music appreciation

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing aid manufacturers’ main focus has, up until recently, been improvement of speech intelligibility. Today’s hearing aid users have much broader demands however and often cite improved music perception as a key outcome or goal. Drs Tish Ramirez and Rebecca...

Trainee-led collaborative research and audit in ENT: where are we now?

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
In late 2015 INTEGRATE, the UK ENT Trainee Research Network, was formed. Since then, two national projects have been completed and INTEGRATE has grown into a larger, more structured organisation, with otology, head and neck and rhinology subcommittees working alongside...

Music and single-sided deafness: challenges and solutions

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Music is an integral part of many of our lives, providing entertainment, relaxation and a backing track to our past experiences. In this overview, Gemma Crundwell and David Baguley examine the impact of SSD on the perception of music and...