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Learn more about Medtronic’s innovative solutions in ENT…

The entire Medtronic team is happy to welcome you at the CEORL-HNS, Booth D01 to discuss the future of ENT surgery and new technologies.

Good Vibrations Day celebrates bone conduction

Swedish audiology and sound-processing company Oticon Medical has just celebrated its fourth Good Vibrations Day.

Heard it all? Why leadership takes ENT training beyond the scalpel

Leadership in ENT training shapes registrars into team leaders in wards and theatres. It’s not just a CV point; it’s essential for effective patient care and team management. Leadership is a term that is present throughout ENT training. Even before...

Royal Society of Medicine – new presidents, new programme

Exciting changes are occurring at the ENT section of the Royal Society of Medicine over the next academic year. Professor Peter Rea and Professor Claire Hopkins, the incoming presidents of the Otology and the Laryngology & Rhinology Sections, have come together to create a combined programme.

CEORL-HNS 2024

Mel Corbett, MB BCh BAO, MSC, MRCS, DOHNS, ST 6 Otolaryngology, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Held from June 15 to 19 at the Dublin Convention Centre, this was an unmissable event for ENT surgeons and allied health professionals...

85th Annual Otosclerosis Study Group Meeting

John T McElveen, Jr, MD, Carolina Ear & Hearing Clinic, Carolina Ear Research Institute. The meeting was presided over by this year’s president, Dr Bruce Gantz from Iowa. In keeping with Nashville’s country-and-western roots, dress pants were replaced with blue...

In search of courage; transition 
into Army

In search of courage. Well, that is how it all started. I was fairly advanced in surgical training not to mention age, when I decided to join the Territorial Army (TA). My peers, on hearing this couldn’t decide whether I...

Nasal nitric oxide – an inflammatory marker in paediatric allergic rhinitis?

Nasal nitric oxide (nNO) is mainly produced in the paranasal sinus mucosa and was shown in some studies to have increased expression in allergic rhinitis (AR). Although it represents a potential non-invasive tool for AR measurement, there remains no consensus...

How patients reacted to postponement of cochlear implant surgery due to COVID-19

The onset of COVID-19 in 2020 required widespread cancellation of elective surgeries, one of these being cochlear implant for profoundly deafened adults and post-lingually deafened children. Through a questionnaire, to which 23 out of 38 patients responded, this qualitative study...

In conversation with Ray Clarke: Scott-Brown – The Editors’ view…

Ray Clarke. How did you get involved in the forthcoming Scott-Brown ? How does one become editor of a textbook? Editors are approached and appointed by the publishers, but of course publishers will take advice and soundings from within the...

ENT In This Issue - Trainee Takeover

Jonathan Lee, ST3, MRCS, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Warwick Hospital, University Hospitals of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, UK. ENT training has undoubtedly taken a significant hit since the COVID-19 pandemic. Crises, however, often lead to collaboration...

TEN testing in paediatric patients

Threshold equalising noise (TEN) testing is used to identify dead regions (DRs) of the cochlear. Alexandra Lusty considers the challenges of using the TEN test in the paediatric population as well as the importance of identifying DRs. Diagnosing dead regions...