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Migration and training: a British-Nigerian surgeon’s perspective

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Less than 4% of doctors on the UK’s medical register describe their ethnicity as African or part African, yet there are myriad driving forces behind the migration of medical trainees from Africa to the UK and other developed countries. Ekpemi...

BIOHIT HealthCare and the British Laryngological Association agree to corporate partnership

12 August 2022 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors
BIOHIT HealthCare is pleased to announce its corporate partnership with the British Laryngological Association (BLA) for 2022-2023, which brings together two organisations with the mission to advance laryngology diagnostics.

Allergy – what’s in a name?

5 October 2020 |
Allergy is defined as an “abnormal immune reaction to an ordinarily harmless substance” [1], however the meaning of the word has taken many forms since its introduction in 1906 by Austrian Paediatrician and Immunologist, Clemens von Pirquet [2]. Combining his...

The fatal illness of Frederick the Noble

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
Sir Morell Mackenzie is acknowledged as the ‘Father of British Otolaryngology’. He was the leading throat specialist of his time and one of the founders of the Journal of Laryngology and Otology in 1887. He studied in Paris, Vienna and...

From the editor January/February 2023

6 January 2023 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk As we start 2023, it’s a pleasure to wish you a Happy New Year. We have much to look forward to...

Tonsillitis and tonsillectomies: where do we go from Paradise?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Landmark Paper: Paradise JL, Bluestone CD, Bachman RZ, et al. Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children – results of parallel randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials. N Engl J Med 1984;310(11):674-83. The Paradise paper on tonsillectomy...

An undergraduate perspective on changes to audiology education

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
I have completed two years of study and am currently preparing for my final year, which consists of a twenty-five week placement alongside a research project and theoretical modules. It is inevitable that, as a result of the changes made...

In conversation with Dr Eugene Myers: Education, training, and leadership in the modern era

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
It is an honour to hear from Dr Eugene Myers, who shares his experience with us, and his opinions and advice on the current circumstances for training and trainees. His energy, vitality and work ethic in his late 80s are...

Digital otoscopy with AI diagnostic support: making diagnosis of ear disease more accessible

2 June 2020 |
Following Carolina Leal’s interview with Prof De Wet Swanepoel on the HearScope system, Spotlight on Innovation asked Dr Jenny Nesgaard Pedersen to review the new AI feature in HearScope system’s capabilities. In the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...

Using the Ling-Madell-Hewitt (LMH) Test Battery

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Why change a classic? Because of new knowledge and improved technology, of course! Drs Hewitt and Madell present an update to Daniel Ling’s classic speech test. One of Daniel Ling’s legacies is the Ling Six Sound Test which presents six...

From the editor January/February 2024

8 January 2024 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTw: @Voicedoctor_uk Welcome to January/February 2024 – I hope you have had a restful Christmas break and that you are raring to go...

Monstrous craws and horrid butchery: a concise history of thyroid surgery

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Prior to the foundation of our speciality, thyroid surgery had a dubious reputation and universally dismal outcomes. Jenny Walton casts a critical eye over this dark chapter. Diseases of the thyroid gland have been referenced in historic texts for well...