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David Baguley’s legacy
You will have read the beautiful obituaries to our friend, colleague and mentor, the Reverend Professor David ‘Dave’ Baguley, who died 11 June 2022. We have taken the audiology section of this edition to pick up and celebrate some of Dave’s professional interests and passions over his audiology career.Speech Testing
Gareth Smith, MSc, AuD,Consultant Clinical Scientist (Audiology), Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, UK. gareth.smith8@nhs.net@garethlsmith How often do patients come to hearing healthcare professionals having noted a difficulty hearing quiet beeps in a silent environment? Rarely? Never? Yet they...Young Phoniatrician Award
The Young Phoniatrician Award is an annual award given by the Union of European Phoniatricians (UEP) to young medical doctors working on the field of Phoniatrics with promising potential for future academic and administrative leadership skills.ENT Masterclass on YouTube
The 19th National ENT Masterclass will take place from 24 to 26 January 2025 at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. The Masterclass will also be available on the ENT Masterclass® YouTube Channel, along with a wealth of previous classes, completely free. ENT...ERS Abstract submission
The 30th Congress of the European Rhinological Society will take place in Budapest, Hungary, in June 2025. The ERS-ISIAN-IRS 2025 committees have decided to extend the submission date for abstracts to: 17 February 2025 CET 23:59.JLO Travelling Study Bursaries
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology is offering three generous travel bursaries in 2025, each to the value of up to £3000.Five gold medals for ENT surgeon
ENT&Audiology News history section editor, Katherine Conroy, represented Great Britain at this year’s World Transplant Games. Athletes from 51 countries participated in multiple sports from 18 - 22 August in Dresden, Germany.
A bittersweet finding
This is an elegant study, documenting the role of, and activation of, nitrous oxide in chronic sinusitis. Bitter taste receptors (TR2) have recently been identified as novel ‘players’ in sinonasal innate immunity and in chronic rhinosinusitis. The receptors are triggered...
Identifying congenital CMV: the screening debate
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is a significant global public health burden and is the biggest non-genetic cause of childhood hearing loss, as well as being an important cause of neurodevelopmental delay. Despite a study concluding that there was not enough evidence...Meet Robyn our News & Events Co-ordinator
ROBYN COOPER, News & Events Co-ordinator. Robyn joined Pinpoint Scotland a few months ago and would be delighted to hear from you. If you have a course or conference...
Misophonia
Decreased sound tolerance is a common audiologic complaint. Unlike the classic characteristics of hyperacusis whereby a patient is sensitive to the frequency or volume of a sound, misophonia is a strong emotional and psychological reaction to a sound with a...
