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Using the Ling-Madell-Hewitt (LMH) Test Battery
Why change a classic? Because of new knowledge and improved technology, of course! Drs Hewitt and Madell present an update to Daniel Ling’s classic speech test. One of Daniel Ling’s legacies is the Ling Six Sound Test which presents six...First drop-in ENT digital nasendoscopy clinic – coming May 2026
The University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust will open its first ‘drop-in’ digital nasendoscopy clinic in May 2026 at the newly established Clinical Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The service aims to provide rapid reassurance for patients and help detect head and neck cancers early.Young ESPO surveys on paediatric hearing care
The European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology invite participation in two surveys on behalf of the Young ESPO Committee. These address distinct areas of paediatric hearing care and therefore require input from colleagues with different areas of expertise.Radiology of referred otalgia
Otalgia is a common presenting complaint to Ear Nose and Throat Departments. Otalgia is either primary or secondary (referred) [1]. Referred otalgia is a ‘red flag’ symptom and can be a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and radiologists as the pathology...Use of Elasticated Hooks in Open Rhinoplasty
Introduction Good exposure is an essential requisite in open rhinoplasty and often requires appropriate assistance to aid surgery. Frequently, surgeons lack adequate assistance in theatre and often have to depend on the scrub nurse for retraction. A self-retaining retractor is...In conversation with Ricard Simo
Ricard Simo is a Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital. He is also Vice-President of the European Laryngological Society and is the Audit and Governance Lead for the ENT-UK Head and Neck Society. Our editor,...CEORL-HNS 2026
Christian Potter, ENT consultant, Buckingham Healthcare NHS TrustAnd so to Gothenberg, home of Volvo, Ericsson and AstraZeneca, Scandinavia’s largest port city and trade hub. World class seafood, laid-back street culture and (for a few days at least) more ENT Surgeons...Audiology in this issue... The Changing World of Computational Audiology
Deborah Vickers, PhD, Principal Research Fellow in Hearing & Deafness, University of Cambridge, UK. E: dav1000@cam.ac.ukTwitter: @SOUNDLabCam / @DebiVickers_ / @BEARS_CIwww-neurosciences.medschl.cam.ac.uk/sound-lab/ Lorenzo Picinali, Reader in Audio Experience Design, Imperial College London, UK. E: l.picinali@imperial.ac.uk ENT & Audiology News Jan/Feb 2022...Time to professionalise medical leadership
For a profession proud of its adherence to an evidence base, medicine has been remarkably slow to acknowledge and to act on the evidence which underpins the value of good leadership to patients and the healthcare system. Mr Robert Francis...
Directional microphones and speech
This study aimed to research how speech recognition, listening effort and localisation depends on hearing aids’ microphone configuration in people with moderate to severe hearing losses. Eighteen participants with sensorineural, symmetrical, moderate to severe hearing loss were tested. Participants were...The (Ancient Egyptian) ear that hears badly: otology in Ancient Egypt 1500 BC
The Ebers Papyrus was written around 1500 years before the birth of Christ, and is arguably the most complete and most beautiful of the medical texts to have survived from ancient Egypt. It was purchased from a Coptic antiquarian in...
