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Farewell to Prof Kim Ah-See
Kim Ah-See has been a stalwart member of the ENT & Audiology News team for many years. Since joining as a journal reviewer in 1997 and then taking on the role of How I Do It section editor a decade...Farewell to Prof Kim Ah-See
Kim Ah-See has been a stalwart member of the ENT & Audiology News team for many years. Since joining as a journal reviewer in 1997 and then taking on the role of How I Do It section editor a decade...
Skull Base Surgery: Strategies
This book sets out to highlight the decision-making process in this most complex and technically demanding area of surgical practice. Its aim, as described in the foreword, is to show the “decision making process of choosing and executing a surgical...Current management of unilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma
Vestibular schwannoma is the commonest tumour of the cerebellopontine angle (80%) and accounts for around 8% of all intracranial tumours. The commonest primary presenting symptoms are audio vestibular. Hearing health professionals are often the first contact for patients with potential symptoms of vestibular schwannoma, with the majority then being seen and diagnosed by otorhinolaryngologists.OBITUARY: David Moffat (1948-2020)
David Moffat, one of the leading Otologists of his generation, died on 18 March in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the hospital to which he had devoted his professional life. Having survived cancer of the prostate, he succumbed to a second...Streamlining ENT pathways
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) may present with severe extra-gastrointestinal symptoms – including a persistent cough, vocal problems, asthma or difficulty swallowing – that can be incorrectly attributed to ENT problems because patients and GPs alike assume they stem from colds, allergies or over-using the voice.Hearing care systems in Europe – can we do more?
52 million Europeans experience hearing loss but many don’t find their way to professional hearing care. Lidia Best looks at strategies to improve the uptake of amplification at a national level [1]. With rising numbers of people experiencing hearing loss,...From the editor May/Jun 2025
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTW / X: @Voicedoctor_uk For May/Jun 2025, we look both forward and back. We celebrate the 100th birthday of Jean-Marc Sterkers, a pioneer...Barriers to cochlear implantation in low resource settings
The benefits of early detection and rehabilitation of hearing loss in children, especially through cochlear implantation, are unequivocal. However, access to these valuable resources is far from equal and universal. Identifying the barriers is the first major step in addressing...The modern management of Ménière's disease
In this article, John Phillips considers the evolution of management options for Ménière’s disease. Treatment options past and present are discussed, together with an insight into future developments regarding the role of intratympanic steroids. Ménière's disease can be the source...Endolymphatic sac surgery: controversial procedure for the treatment of Ménière’s disease
Landmark Paper: Thomsen J, Bretlau P, Tos M, Johnsen NJ. Ménière’s disease: endolymphatic sac decompression compared with sham (placebo) decompression. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1981;374:820-30. Of all of the chapters in the Landmark Papers book, the chapter that discussed...
