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Environmental sounds matter too

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Individuals with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) frequently report major listening difficulties despite hearing thresholds that may not fully explain their functional impairment. Most audiological assessment batteries focus heavily on speech perception, yet this paper argues that environmental sound perception...

BAPRAS Congress 2025

3 December 2025 -5 December 2025 | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
BAPRAS Congress 2025 returns to Belfast for the first time since the 1990s, bringing together the plastic-surgery community at the ICC from 3–5 December 2025. As the flagship event of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons –...
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Current AI audiology knowledge

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly popular and can be utilised by patients, healthcare professionals and students. The performance of chatbots can be variable between different AIs and, indeed, different topics. There is no current consensus for the best...
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Environmental sounds and hearing disability in auditory neuropathy

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
This cross-sectional study examined whether environmental sound perception contributes to self-perceived hearing abilities in individuals with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD). In total, 42 participants with ANSD completed the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ), alongside measures of...

Exploring teenagers’ access and use of assistive hearing technology

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Children require good signal-to-noise ratios for optimum listening and learning. The use of remote microphone technology can be of benefit, yet older children often resist using it. Jennifer Groth reviews the challenges facing older children in the use of remote...

Reducing hierarchy for individuals and teams across ENT

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - General
Alexander Pope said that “to err is human”, but medical errors can have serious consequences. How can better communication minimise the risk of them occurring in the first place? Allowing all members of the surgical team to feel empowered to...

AI reshaping the landscape of head and neck cancer

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
With artificial intelligence set to transform almost every aspect of life, Abishek Mahajan reviews its potential to improve head and neck cancer care. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool in healthcare. In the realm of oncology, AI...

Nasal sidewall reconstruction

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Expert reconstruction of nasal sidewall defects requires careful selection of techniques across nasal layers, balancing aesthetics, structural support and patient needs. When reconstructing a nasal skin defect, a variety of factors should be taken into account in order to achieve...

Cognition and hearing – you can’t test one with the other!

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Cognitive Psychologist, Boaz M Ben-David, provides insights into the import of considering cognitive factors when assessing speech perception ability to maximise intervention success. Failing to do so, he suggests, is “ageist”, a predisposition healthcare professionals must avoid. Cognitive performance is...

In conversation with Ad Snik

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - ENT
Professor Ad Snik has spent a large portion of his career in hearing implantation and has seen novel devices come and go, some of great benefit to patients, others which haven’t produced expected results. In this interview, he talks to...

Update on the development of an implantable vestibular prosthesis

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Cochlear implants have revolutionised the management of profound hearing loss. Might vestibular implants be the future for the treatment of bilateral vestibular failure? James Johnston and Neil Donnelly explore. The vestibular system is highly complex, integrating visual, labyrinthine and proprioceptive...

Innovative approaches to treating deafness

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Shahar Taiber and Karen Avraham give us a summary of gene therapies for hearing loss, with an overview of limitations and what the future holds. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder. The last two decades have seen a...