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BAAP Annual Conference 2025

Shaista Kerai, ST3 Audiovestibular Medicine, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Amol Anand, ST4 Audiovestibular Medicine Whittington Hospital NHS TrustThe British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP) hosted its 2025 Annual Conference in Birmingham, drawing clinicians, researchers and trainees from...

BAAP National Audit Meeting

Sabarinath Vijayakumar, ST5 Registrar in Audiovestibular medicine, Royal Derby Hospital. The British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP) hosted its 2025 National Audit Meeting online in June. This meeting brought together members, consultants and trainees in audiovestibular medicine from across the...

JORL-HNS 2025

The 126th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (JORL-HNS 2025) was held at Pacifico Yokohama in May. The event brought experts together from across Japan and further afield. Professor Shigeharu Fujieda from University...

New Usher Syndrome helpline

A new helpline has been launched to provide one-stop support for people with Usher syndrome (the most common genetic cause of deafblindness). The helpline is run by a charity partnership of Deafblind UK and Deafblind Scotland, and will be a dedicated support service for people living with Usher syndrome and for families, carers and professionals supporting them.

Mapping the nose – first spatial map of olfaction published

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have created the first detailed map of smell receptors in the nose, catching up with similar achievements in sight, hearing and touch. The map reveals that smell receptors are highly organised into tight bands based on type. The findings provide foundational knowledge needed to develop better therapies for loss of smell.

European funding for the tinnitus research network TINNET

Over 70 million people in Europe experience tinnitus, and for seven million it creates a debilitating condition. Severe tinnitus is often associated with depression, anxiety and insomnia, resulting in an enormous socio-economic impact [1]. It has been estimated that 13...

The future of hearing care and the role of audiology

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...

Vestibular dysfunction after cochlear implantation in children

Whilst vestibular dysfunction is a known outcome of cochlear implant surgery, do we know the risk factors associated with this, particularly in children? In this article a team from University of Tokyo discuss their findings. Cochlear implantation (CI) is an...

Ida Institute’s legacy and the future of person-centred care

Professor Kris English reflects on the IDA Institute’s closure, celebrating its legacy of advancing patient-centred care and reshaping audiological counselling worldwide. In September 2008, the Ida Institute’s Director, Lise Lotte Bundesen, and her team held its inaugural ‘Defining Hearing Seminar’...

Congenital cytomegalovirus causing deafness in children: an update

Congenital CMV is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss in children. Keith Trimble draws our attention to this and gives a comprehensive guide on diagnosis and treatment. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is common, affecting 1% of all newborns,...

Screening for hearing aid fittings – an approach for primary care

Introduction The communication difficulties related to hearing loss can lead to ‘depression, social withdrawal and problems with employment and access to information sources’ [1]. Furthermore, unmanaged hearing loss is associated with dementia, a poorer quality of life, depression, anxiety and...

Developing outcome measures for research

There are challenges in developing outcomes measures; Professor Hall presents five top pointers for making rapid progress in developing outcome measures for research purposes. Anyone who has worked clinically with hearing loss will appreciate that every patient’s experience is personal....