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Enhancing care for adults with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
It’s time to improve and personalise care for adults with ANSD. Knowing the lesion site could open up treatment opportunities like cochlear implants or new cell therapies. Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) comprises a group of hearing disorders characterised by...

New bone anchored hearing implant reaches clinical milestone

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
A new implant for bone-conduction hearing, BCI (Bone Conduction Implant), has been developed by Bo Håkansson and his team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, both in Gothenburg, Sweden. Unlike most bone-conduction devices used today,...

PPPD - the problem with the label

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
The recently described diagnostic entity of persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD) has its merits regarding guiding intervention and treatment, but the label itself can be problematic for patients. This study was designed to determine the views of patients of the...

Unexplained dizziness in elderly patients

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Otology
How do we explain unexplained dizziness in elderly patients? How far should we go with investigations? And most importantly, how should we manage this challenging and expanding group of patients whose balance affects their safety? Richard Ibitoye and Diego Kaski...

Young ESPO – looking back and looking ahead

3 June 2023
In 2018, after the virtual ESPO Marseille meeting, a new committee of ESPO Juniors was established. Last year, the name was changed to Young ESPO.

ESPO 2025

3 May 2025 -6 May 2025
Ayla TabaksertOver 1000 paediatric ENT specialists from 68 countries said “Guten tag!” as they convened for the 17th Congress of the European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO 2025) at the International Congress Centre, Stuttgart. In a city known for world-class...

Burnout: is this just a pandemic phenomenon?

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - General
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...

Lies, damned lies and relative risk reduction

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - ENT
Chris Potter has a thing or two to say about the use of statistics and, in doing so, he takes us to a Friday night steak house that is prone to airway disasters and on a short tour of his...

4th VCCA2023

29 June 2023 -30 June 2023 | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Andrew Bellavia taking a selfie during a VCCA2023 Q&A outdoors in Toronto, demonstrating one can participate in the VCCA without barriers, from any place and any time. Jermy Pang (left), National Acoustic Laboratories, Dharug Country, New South Wales, Australia, and...

BSFPS Annual Meeting 2025

9 October 2025 -10 October 2025 | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery Juniors Day and Annual Meeting 2025

The 15th Meeting of the British Society of Neuro-Otology

12 November 2025 -14 November 2025
Amol Anand, Audiovestibular Medicine Speciality Registrar ​The British Society of Neuro-Otology Conference 2025 brought a wonderful sense of excitement to Governors Hall at St Thomas’ Hospital in November. Hosted by the Multidisciplinary Balance Team in ENT at Guy’s Hospital, the...

Audiology in this issue...Hyperacusis (Jan/Feb19)

1 January 2019
Audiologists, otologists, and auditory neuroscientists are accustomed to dealing with problems of hearing loss but, until recently, little attention has been given to the experience of hearing sound too intensely. This experience is variously given the names hyperacusis, and reduced or decreased sound tolerance, and the affected individual finds everyday sound intensely and excruciatingly loud, rendering workplaces, shops, and social spaces intolerable.