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Commentary: dementia, hearing loss, and the danger of professional rabbit holes

The Lancet, a world-leading general medical journal, has a global impact. Its commissioned report into dementia prevention, intervention and care has been cited over 6000 times and has further been reviewed and updated in 2020 and now 2024. Here, Profs...

Burnout: is this just a pandemic phenomenon?

The phrase ‘burnout’ is often heard, but what is it, and what are the early warning signs? Importantly, how can it be prevented or managed? Over the last few years, health professional wellbeing, mental health, and burnout have come to...

2nd Irish Head and Neck Society Annual Conference

Alison McHugh, ST5 in Otolaryngology, Republic of Ireland. Following its inaugural success last year, the Irish Head and Neck Society (IHNS) returned to the Lyrath Estate for a vibrant meeting opened by IHNS President, Professor Patrick Sheahan, who welcomed an...

European Academy of Otology & Neuro-Otology (EAONO) 2024

Anjola Onifade, SHO Otolaryngology, University Hospitals Sussex, Brighton, UKHeld in Nijmegen, the oldest city of the Netherlands, the conference delivered a dynamic program with thought-provoking presentations and keynote addresses. Focused on advancing the field of otology and neuro-otology, the conference...

BAHNO 2025

From groundbreaking research to a debate on the centralisation of head and neck services, BAHNO provided a wide ranging and clinically enriching programme for all those involved in head and neck oncology care.

Adult Audiology Casebook (2021)

Diagnostic audiology is one of my passions so, naturally, the title of this book was an attractive proposition for the clinician in me – and I wasn’t disappointed! It is seldom that you will learn so much in both the...

Sex and the Nose

For regular attentive readers of our little magazine, JRY will need no introduction. The word ‘polymath’ barely does him justice: a Colonel in the Medical Corps with an MPhil in poetry and apparently one of the “50 coolest people in...

Comparison between objective and subjective BPPV

BPPV presentation in ENT clinics is variable. The objective of this study was to examine differences in demographic and clinical features, as well as treatment outcomes, between classic objective BPPV (O-BPPV) and subjective BPPV (S-BPPV). Unlike classic BPPV (with nystagmus),...

Persistent imbalance after traumatic brain injury is central in origin

Several residual symptoms, including dizziness and imbalance, can follow traumatic brain injury, no matter how mild. This study focused on the mechanisms, peripheral and central, underlying the complaint of persistent imbalance in patients with chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)....

Cochlear implant care for deaf children in Côte d’Ivoire

Deafness is a global public health problem. More than 1.5 billion people (nearly 20% of the global population) live with hearing loss, and 430 million of them have disabling hearing loss, including 34 million children. In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly eight...

Can surgery make you a better driver?

Obstructive sleep apnoea is a condition that can have far reaching health, economic and safety implications for the individual inflicted with the condition, as well as those in their immediate and wider surroundings. Having the freedom to drive taken away...

Celebrating deaf identity through art: the ‘Hearing Care for ALL’ Virtual Gallery Project

Dr Dalia Tsimpida tells us about the art initiative she created in the midst of the pandemic to promote ear and hearing care, and celebrate the vibrant and diverse world of deaf identity. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic,...