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IFOS Vancouver postponed until 2022

The unprecedented events over the past nine months have challenged all of us, including the committee organising IFOS 2021 Vancouver. The local organising committee, IFOS Board and the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery have been assessing the...

Sound levels in our daily public places

Hearing conservation and noise safety are significant public health issues globally. Drinkwater’s article describes a wide variety of initiatives which contribute to healthier sound levels in public spaces and daily environments. One of particular interest is hearing assistive technology (HAT)...

Developing an Innovation for ENT – from Idea to Market: how ‘e-i’ did it

Background endoscope-i (e-i) Ltd was incorporated into Companies House on December 3rd, 2012 following eight months of developing our first project, a simple iPhone adapter for endoscopes. Of the three founding shareholders, two are ENT surgeons and one a lecturer...

Luddism and ENT

If the press and the tech world are to be believed, AI is going to take over many of our jobs. Chris Potter has his doubts. As regular readers will no doubt be aware, I pride myself on inhabiting the...

Covid-19 A message from the editor of ENT & Audiology News

The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting almost every aspect of everyone’s lives around the world. When we emerge from this global crisis, society will function in a very different way, and it is impossible to predict what the future holds. For...

Call for consistent cochlear implant guidelines

A new global task force aims to create ‘living guidelines’ to set the standard of care for adult cochlear implantation (CI).

New edition of Virtual Hearing Aid Care published

Scholaship@Western has published v2.0 of a clinical practice guideline (CPG) on Virtual Hearing Aid Care.

AIHHP announces new chair

Oliver Wright has been appointed chair of the UK’s Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP).

Quality in Audiology: Design and Implementation of the Patient Experience

In Quality in Audiology, Dr Brian Taylor has grappled with an aspect of audiology about which I am passionate, and in doing this he has covered a lot of ground. He starts by trying to define quality – which in...

Laryngology (Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Series)

A fantastic overview of the various aspects of laryngology including clinical assessment and diagnoses, disorders of the larynx and basic anatomy and physiology. Each chapter is divided into short sub-sections making it easy to follow and access specific topics. Each...

Meanwhile I Keep Dancing

Meanwhile I Keep Dancing is one Mum’s story of the journey she and her two sons have been on since their hearing loss was diagnosed. It covers her experience of dealing with a multitude of professionals, dealing with making decisions...

The Female Voice

The title of this book is enough to intrigue anyone with an interest in voice, be it laryngologists, speech and language therapists or professional voice users. The text does not disappoint; Jean Abitbol takes us through a fascinating tour of...