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Directional microphones and speech

1 May 2018 | | Hearing aids, cognition, hearing loss, listening effort, localisation, noise, rehabilitation, speech perception
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...

Active middle ear implants and bone-anchored hearing systems

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
The implantable hearing device market has grown significantly over recent years. But as conventional hearing aids improve and cochlear implant candidacy widens, what is the role for active middle ear implants and bone anchored hearing systems, and how should we...

3rd ENT Masterclass® World Congress

25 October 2024 -26 October 2024 | ENTA - ENT
The 3rd ENT Masterclass World Congress at the Palace of Parliament was a perfect setting to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of ENT Masterclass. Two days of academic excellence saw over 250 delegates and faculty from all across Europe and beyond.
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How reliable are PTH levels for the prediction of hypocalcaemia after thyroid surgery?

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | hypocalcemia, hypoparathyroidism, parathyroid hormone, thyroid, thyroidectomy
Hypoparathyroidism is one of the most common complications of thyroid surgery. There is significant controversy in calcium management practices post thyroid surgery. The drop in PTH levels has been used to predict the likelihood of hypocalcaemia after thyroid surgery. But...

The Dilemma of Beethoven’s Deafness

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
Beethoven was one of the world’s greatest musicians, and his deafness is well known. Many details of his medical conditions are known, and various theories of his hearing loss have been proposed. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in...

Hearing care systems – European examples

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
In this article, Vice President of the European Federation of Hard of Hearing, Lidia Best, explores the drivers for improvement and change in European hearing care systems. In 2010, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) issued the EN-15927 European Standard...

The artificial eardrum: how an eggshell membrane fed a German ENT family

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
In the pre-antibiotic era, purulent otitis media often resulted in a permanent eardrum perforation with hearing loss. In addition to pig or fish bladders, eggshell membranes and cigarette paper were used as eardrum prostheses. I have vivid personal boyhood memories...

ENT and the Titanic

6 July 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
One otolaryngologist who perished on the ill-fated voyage of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 was Dr Ernest Moraweck, a prominent physician with an interest in ENT (and ophthalmology), living in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA [1]. Moraweck was an inventive...

Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - General, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Imaging, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Rhinoplasty, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery: Anterior, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery: Lateral, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Predatory conferences are a growing concern. First highlighted in our sister magazine, Eye News*, the issue affects all areas of medicine – including ENT and audiology. With inboxes filling up with flattering invitations to ‘global’ meetings in glamorous destinations, it’s...

Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - General, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Imaging, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Rhinoplasty, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery: Anterior, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery: Lateral, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Predatory conferences are a growing concern. First highlighted in our sister magazine, Eye News*, the issue affects all areas of medicine – including ENT and audiology. With inboxes filling up with flattering invitations to ‘global’ meetings in glamorous destinations, it’s...

The benefits of mindfulness for tinnitus

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Mindfulness-based psychological therapy for tinnitus has, in recent times, been the subject of well-designed clinical research that demonstrated impressive benefits. Dr Liz Marks guides us through this field, and advocates for better access and availability of these techniques. Mindfulness can...

Nottingham hearing experts launch CHEAR (COVID and hearing) study

2 April 2021
Researchers based in Nottingham are launching an in-depth and ongoing study into the possible effects of COVID-19 on patients’ hearing, tinnitus and balance. The CHEAR (COVID and hearing, otherwise known as ‘Measuring Hearing, Tinnitus and Balance following COVID-19’) Study will...