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Tribute to the late Douglas Pitman, Founder DP Medical

12 September 2025 | Company Profiles, Recruitment & Personnel
Rob Atkinson, Chief Executive of DP Medical Systems, said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the recent death of our company founder and namesake, Douglas Pitman, on Saturday 6 September 2025, after a long illness. The late Douglas...

Commentary: dementia, hearing loss, and the danger of professional rabbit holes

27 September 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The Lancet, a world-leading general medical journal, has a global impact. Its commissioned report into dementia prevention, intervention and care has been cited over 6000 times and has further been reviewed and updated in 2020 and now 2024. Here, Profs...

In conversation with Bill Gibson, Richard Ramsden and Shakeel Saeed

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
The surgical aspect of cochlear implantation is both a joy and a challenge – which is why we love it! In this article, Simon Freeman draws on the wisdom of his three previous mentors, sharing pearls from some of the...

Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

CI music: seeking perfection, accepting reality

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
Having just read about the challenges cochlear implant technology and music appreciation present, the musician Richard Reed beautifully illustrates the realities of this patient journey. An old friend of mine is an ardent music fan, and completely tone deaf. Long...

ESPO Marseille 2020

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
The biennial ESPO meetings have established themselves as the premier forum for paediatric otolaryngologists to share their knowledge and research. Hardly has ESPO Stockholm finished, and plans are already underway for ESPO 2020. Jean-Michel Triglia and Richard Nicollas and tell...

Pursuing part-time postgraduate qualifications

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Thinking of going back to university to do further study? We hear from one audiologist who identified an area of further study and specialisation and took the leap. My career in audiology began in 2003 through a traditional route in...

The impact of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Otology
Hearing loss and language development Down syndrome (DS) usually arises due to trisomy 21 and is associated with intellectual disability and risks of developmental delays and difficulties, including hearing loss. Hearing loss is common in children with DS [1]. In...

Teaching the art of cooking to a hearing impaired chef

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Today catering is a hugely popular career choice for many people and there’s a new cookery competition or programme on our TV screens every week. But beyond the media glamour, the kitchen is a challenging and noisy working environment, in...

Leadership reflections

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
For the past year, Lisa Vaughan Christensen has been the President of the American Academy of Audiology. In this article, she shares the journey that led her to this position and offers some brilliant advice to anyone interested in leadership....

Global hearing rehabilitation – an SFORL/IFOS collaboration

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
International collaboration is more important than ever, and we hear from Prof Bernard Fraysse about a collaboration that grew out of the very successful IFOS meeting in Paris in 2017. The IFOS meeting in Paris in June 2017 was obviously...

Young ESPO’s thoughts about ESPO and the future of paediatric ORL

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
ESPO, and paediatric ORL in general, has a long tradition of encouraging our younger colleagues. This has led to innovative developments in clinical work, in research endeavours and in how paediatric ORL educational events are run. This article outlines some...