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Beats of Cochlea: the 10th International Music Festival for Youths with Hearing Problems

10 July 2024 -12 July 2024
The 10th International Music Festival for Youths with Hearing Problems Beats of Cochlea was held on 10-12 July 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. The festival is an initiative that gathers people of all ages, amateurs and professional musicians, from various countries with different types of auditory implants in one place and time to participate in a music competition, which ends with a gala concert of laureates.

Sir Terence Edward Cawthorne (1902-1970): first Chairman of the BACO Academic Committee

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Sir Terence Cawthorne was the chairman of the academic committee of the first BACO in 1963, and was Master of the second BACO in 1967. In this article, Neil Weir describes the life and career of one of the UK’s...

Greener pastures? Reflections from UK ENT surgeons now practising abroad

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Ever considered practising ENT abroad? Here are some experiences of previously UK-based ENT surgeons who took the plunge and are now plying their trade in distant lands. Andrew McCombe ENT ConsultantDate of migration: December 2015Place of work: Mediclinic City Hospital,...

OBITUARY: Dr David Pothier

1 September 2018
David Pothier passed away on July 27, 2018 in the early hours of the morning following a struggle with recurrent brain cancer. His passing extinguished a brilliant light, the likes of which few of us will witness in our lifetime....

COVID-19 in China: the experience of an ENT team

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Covid-19, ENTA - ENT
In January, we first heard of COVID-19. As we currently do battle with it on our own shores, colleagues in China share their story with us as life there slowly and cautiously begins to return to normal and the country...

Meeting myself coming back

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - ENT
Sometimes, it can seem like trainers and trainees are separate entities, inhabiting separate worlds, in two separate spheres of experience. However, trainees become trainers, and there is always a period where the trainer has only just stopped being the trainee....

In conversation with Dr Naufal Kassim

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Jane and I first met you six years ago, when we were questioning the apparent high incidence of childhood deafness in Tanzania, and it is a real pleasure doing this interview with you. Your contribution to ENT and general health...

Developing ENT services in Zambia

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Head & Neck
Lufunda Lukama and Matthew Clark. Lufunda Lukama is an ENT surgeon in Zambia. In a country of 19.6 million, he is one of five such specialists. It is not difficult to see the problem that he, and the country as...

New ventilation technique FCV: improvement for patient, anaesthetist/intensivist and surgeon

1 September 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Per-oral surgical access to the larynx can be hampered by the presence of an endotracheal tube. Various systems have been developed for tubeless ventilation, but these all carry a risk of aerosolisation of secretions with obvious inherent risks. We hear...

First UK hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant in the treatment for moderate to severe OSA

25 April 2023 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea has been treated in many different ways over the years. We hear from Yakubu Karagama about one of the latest surgical developments. Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is by far the most common sleep disorder, affecting all...

In conversation with Professor Eugene Myers: My life in ENT

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
In a series of interviews, former Chairman of the Editorial Board for ENT & audiology news, Professor Patrick J Bradley, speaks with eminent otolaryngologists who have retired (or are about to retire) from practice. Our first is with Professor Gene...

In conversation with Harvey Coates

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
Indigenous health would remain a Cinderella part of our speciality were it not for the work of a few outstanding pioneers. Kelvin Kong speaks to one of them: Professor Harvey Coates AO. Harvey Coates is a paediatric otolaryngologist and clinical...