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Healthy ageing is linked to addressing hearing loss

22 December 2021
EUROCIU with the cochlear implant international community of action (CIICA) launched a new briefing, why hearing well matters for healthy ageing, on how addressing hearing loss could help support healthy ageing by mitigating against the effects of cognitive decline and...
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Hi There Solutions

25 April 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a multitude of lifestyle challenges, and communication has been no exception to this. Not only have plexiglass barriers and masks impeded the way we verbally interact, but the transition to more frequent virtual communication has...

Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

CI music: seeking perfection, accepting reality

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants
Having just read about the challenges cochlear implant technology and music appreciation present, the musician Richard Reed beautifully illustrates the realities of this patient journey. An old friend of mine is an ardent music fan, and completely tone deaf. Long...

Demystifying laryngology in the era of examination and collaboration

1 May 2018 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In the field of laryngology, perhaps more than in any other area of ENT, there has been a philosophical shift (as well as a technological one) in the approach of clinicians caring for patients. Albert Merati explains. Progress in laryngology...

Bettear: one start-up’s journey to bridging a technological gap in pursuit of auditory accessibility

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
Imagine your disappointment if you have been looking forward to seeing your favourite grunge band play live at the Dog and Duck for weeks. Your family is bored of you constantly playing their greatest hits. But when you turn up...

In conversation with Vinidh Paleri, BACO International 2018 Academic Committee Lead

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Vin Paleri has a central role in BACO International 2018 as the lead of the Academic Committee. Declan Costello caught up with him to discuss the role, and the most academically exciting aspects of the meeting. What is the international...

Inspired by Ida: In conversation with Lise Lotte Bundesen, Managing Director of the Ida Institute

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
The Ida Institue takes a collaborative approach to developing tools and resources that can be used by clinicians around the world to improve person-centred care. Their Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen tells us about their newest project, Inspired by Ida,...

Young ESPO’s thoughts about ESPO and the future of paediatric ORL

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
ESPO, and paediatric ORL in general, has a long tradition of encouraging our younger colleagues. This has led to innovative developments in clinical work, in research endeavours and in how paediatric ORL educational events are run. This article outlines some...

Lancet Commission on Hearing Loss

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
The Lancet Commission on Hearing Loss was convened in 2019, and its main report will be published in 2023. We learn more about it here. The Lancet Commission on Hearing Loss was convened in 2019, and was charged by Richard...

From Hippocrates to COVID-19: sniffing out the disease

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Covid-19, ENTA - ENT
The ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, used the ‘art of smell’ to diagnose diseases around 400BC. He also formulated miasmatic theory, which posited that disease is caused by bad smells. Bad air was strongly believed by many physicians to be the...

How to tell if a bone anchored hearing device is working?

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
Bone anchored hearing aids are becoming increasingly more commonplace with more than 120,000 users worldwide. These devices are based on the principle of direct bone conduction, where sound is transmitted directly through the skull via a titanium implant to the...