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Hearing Care, cognitive decline and dementia: A public health challenge, or an opportunity for healthy ageing?

22 October 2019
Brian Lamb, OBE and Sue Archbold PhD, Hon LLD A new document from The Ear Foundation, launched at European Association of Cochlear Implant Users (EURO-CIU) annual general meeting in Poland, reviews the latest evidence on the association between hearing loss,...

World Hearing Day 2024

10 November 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the theme of the next World Hearing Day.

TWJ Foundation Golden Jubilee

26 October 2024
The TWJ Foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. A black-tie dinner was held at the Apothecaries’ Hall in London on Friday 3 May, with the President, David Wright, in the chair. The evening brought together TWJ Trustees, some of our fellowship hosts, former fellows, donors and TWJ family members.

Cell therapies for hearing loss

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Cell therapies could offer a way to repair damage to the auditory system and reverse many types of hearing loss. This article looks at the progress being made.

Music and hearing aids - the current state of affairs

25 August 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
‘Speech sounds great, but music isn’t right’ is a common complaint from hearing aid users across the globe. In this article, Marshall Chasin, one of the most published audiologists on the subject of music and hearing, outlines why patients with...

Emerging robotic systems for head and neck surgery

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
As of December 2020, seven robotic surgical systems have received approval for use in different jurisdictions, and many more task-specific robots are in the pipeline. Jack Faulkner takes us through what’s on the horizon for head and neck cancer surgery....

Making sense of modern wireless hearing aid technologies

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Before diving into the topic of the technology behind wireless hearing aids, it is important to define two key concepts. The first is wireless frequency. This is the frequency at which a wireless signal is transmitted. In the context of...

The future of hearing care and the role of audiology

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
The Clinical Director of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and President-elect of the American Academy of Audiology reviews the status of the present day audiologist’s remit, and discusses the changes we can expect with the changing demographic and behaviour of...

Can the audiology clinic benefit from advances in virtual reality?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
François Patou discusses how the recent advances in virtual reality technologies can be used to support people living with hearing loss. He outlines some of the novel virtual reality tools that are emerging as resources to support delivery of audiology...

Management of single-sided deafness in adults: a bone conduction solution

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Single-sided deafness (SSD) presents a limited number of methods for management, and not all of them meet the patient’s expectations. The aim of this article is to set out the available bone-conduction treatment methods for managing single‑sided deafness in adults....

Towards AI-assisted RF hearing aids

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The development of effective hearing-assistive devices is essential as the prevalence of deafness grows with an ageing population. Where can AI support speech understanding? A team from the University of Glasgow discusses how lip‑reading hearing aids could be the future....

Transnasal oesphagoscopy

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this useful and practical article, the authors describe their use of transnasal oesophagoscopy, including the range of clinical scenarios in which it is used. What is TNO? Transnasal oesphagoscopy (TNO) is a technique that can be used in the...