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New challenges ahead for the hearing aid industry

1 November 2014
Technological advancements empower the world to hear In an increasing age of connectivity, the hearing aid industry is headed into new territory. Previously, to wear hearing aids was simply a mark of ageing. Now hearing aids are smarter and, as...

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence: transmastoid obliteration

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders, ENTA - Otology
Sometimes patients with dizziness turn out to have slightly more unusual causes of their problem. Thomas Milner and Georgios Kontorinis describe their technique for managing patients who have a diagnosis of superior canal dehiscence as an identified cause of their...

The role, aims and organisation of the 2017 IFOS World Congress

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery, ENTA - Auditory Implants
IFOS is a truly international organisation – indeed, its rules state that the Executive Committee must have representation from every continent. IFOS President, Chong Sun Kim, tells us more. Dear friends and colleagues, I am very pleased to welcome all...

Paediatric ENT trauma

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
Managing trauma in children often strikes terror in doctors who do not deal with children regularly. Kate Stephenson explains the approach to a child who has suffered ENT trauma and specific things to look for in children. ENT injuries are...

Paediatric vestibular evaluation

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Richard E Gans is a renowned expert in the areas of vestibular evaluation and rehabilitation techniques. In the first of two articles (see here for the second article), Dr Gans gives an overview of the approach he and his team...

Vestibular dysfunction after cochlear implantation in children

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Whilst vestibular dysfunction is a known outcome of cochlear implant surgery, do we know the risk factors associated with this, particularly in children? In this article a team from University of Tokyo discuss their findings. Cochlear implantation (CI) is an...

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...

Endoscopic excision of cholesteatoma

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
In this article Vikranth Visvanathan describes an exciting development on the use of endoscopic technology in complex otological practice. Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is rapidly evolving as a recognised method of addressing middle ear and mastoid pathology. Since its...

Endoscopic arytenoid abduction lateropexy for bilateral vocal cord paralysis in neonates

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
We are delighted to publish a further update on the use of the technique for vocal fold lateralisation in neonates from Laszlo Rovo and Shahram Madani, who have previously informed us of this new technique [1]. These cases are rare...

Intraoperative nerve monitoring: 2017

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Having written the definitive text on laryngeal nerves, Gregory Randolph and Dipti Kamani describe the benefits of intraoperative neural monitoring and, importantly, how to proceed if the nerve is pathologically involved or there is loss of signal. Over the years,...

The power of mentoring

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - ENT
What is a mentor, and what are the benefits for mentee and mentor? Emma Stapleton and Rohma Abrar, mentor and mentee respectively, explain. The term ‘mentor’ is derived from Homer’s Odyssey, in which the goddess Athena, disguised as Mentor, guides...

The challenges in the risk stratification of thyroid nodules and cancers: the role of molecular testing

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Around the world, molecular testing is becoming more widely used to personalise the management of thyroid nodules. Thyroid nodules are relatively common. They are palpable in ~5% of the population, while high-resolution ultrasound (US) incidentally finds them in 19–68% of...