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Cochlear implant care for deaf children in Côte d’Ivoire

8 January 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
Deafness is a global public health problem. More than 1.5 billion people (nearly 20% of the global population) live with hearing loss, and 430 million of them have disabling hearing loss, including 34 million children. In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly eight...

In conversation with Professor Graeme Clark

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
As we celebrate the cochlear implant, we celebrate an amazing work of innovative biomedical engineering that is a life-changer to many recipients around the world. We take for granted the arduous journey of the cochlear implant since its conception. Eric...

European Laryngological Society (ELS) meets British Laryngological Association (BLA)

1 May 2018 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The meeting of the European Laryngological Society in May is being held in London, and is co-hosted by the British Laryngological Association. The President of the ELS, Ricard Simo, and the Secretary of the BLA, Declan Costello, exchanged thoughts about...

In conversation with Professor Claire Hopkins

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
There can be few ENT surgeons who have had such a pivotal role in the COVID pandemic as Claire Hopkins. She has been instrumental in changing the diagnostic criteria, and has been a frequent presence in the media, as Sean...

In conversation with Professor Seiji Kakehata

7 April 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Endoscopic ear surgery has been a rapidly evolving area of clinical practice in recent years. Our Global Ambassador in the Far East/ASEAN Region, Professor Tatsuya Yamasoba talks to one of the main exponents of this technique, and about the next...

In conversation with Prof Helge Rask-Andersen: on cell regeneration and treatment of human deafness

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Helge Rask-Andersen, head of the inner ear research laboratory at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, has many achievements to his name. He was made an Honorary Member of ENT UK earlier this year. Gerry O’Donoghue caught up with him...

Prof Metin Önerci – ENT in Central Asia

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - ENT
Our Global Ambassador covering the Eurasia region is Prof Metin Önerci. We wanted him to shed some light on ENT in the countries of Central Asia – this is an area of the world that we in the west hear...

From technology to humanity: a conversation on person-centred hearing care

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
With a career that has spanned continents and disciplines – clinical audiology, cochlear implant technology and global leadership – Mei Dingxiang Feng is now leading a movement to bring person-centred care (PCC) to the forefront of hearing healthcare. In this...

Developing medical devices for children: opportunities and challenges

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
The development of medical devices for infants and children lags significantly behind the development of devices for adults. While in the United States the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up incentives for developing child age-specific pharmaceuticals, there is...

Hidden genetic disorders in children that may present to the otolaryngologist

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Paediatrics
Background Among the many hundreds of children presenting to the otolaryngology clinic are a few whose symptoms are due to an underlying genetic condition. In most cases the underlying syndrome is obvious and has already been diagnosed, such as the...

Preservation rhinoplasty

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Hump reduction and osteotomies to close the open roof, or lowering the whole nasal dorsum? Charles East explains how preservation techniques can improve outcomes by maintaining the integral structures of the nose. What is preservation rhinoplasty? The origins of reduction...

Endotypes in chronic rhinosinusitis: clinical relevance

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Identifying endotypes enables personalised therapies that target specific pathophysiological processes, potentially resulting in better treatment outcomes for patients. The contemporary model of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) pathogenesis revolving around endotype, in combination with an expanding toolbox of diagnostics and therapeutics, enables...