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EUHA 2025: 69th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians

EUHA 2025: 69th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians will be held in Nuremberg, Germany, from 22 to 24 October 2025 We are building on last year's success and presenting our EUHA Live Area as a central meeting and networking area with special programme. It will be located in the Industry Exhibition. The event consists of a specialist conference featuring international lecturers and a trade fair with exhibitors from Germany and abroad. The EUHA Live Area connects the Congress and the Industry Exhibition even more closely. A central meeting and networking area with a stage will be created in the exhibition hall, where visitors can get information on the different topics.

The EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR)

Back in May 2017, the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR 2017/745) entered into force, replacing existing directives: Active Implantable Medical Devices (AIMD) In-vitro Diagnostic Directive (IVDD) Medical Device Directive (MDD) By 26 May 2020, the new regulation will have completed...

The birth of the TWJ Foundation

For nearly 50 years, the TWJ Foundation has been promoting the advancement of otology and audiology through education and research. David Wright looks back at its first half century.

Call for action on hearing loss

The British and Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturer’s Association (BIHIMA) and Alzheimer’s UK are encouraging people to book regular hearing tests and get hearing concerns checked earlier, as it could significantly lower their chances of developing dementia.

Face to Face – facial reconstructive surgery mission in Ukraine

Face to Face is a humanitarian project to help those who have suffered facial trauma as a result of Russia's war against Ukraine.

New RSM presidents preview the year ahead

Professor Patrick Axon, President of the UK’s Royal Society of Medicine Otology Section and Michelle Wyatt, incoming President of the section of Laryngology and Rhinology, look forward to the year ahead.

The North of England Otolaryngology Society and the Midland Institute of Otolaryngology joint Spring Meeting

A nail-biting tiebreaker at the ENT-themed University Challenge. Haseem Raja, ST3 ENT Registrar, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire and Daniel Ahari, Academic Foundation Programme Year 1 Doctor at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. The North of England Otolaryngology Society and...

BMLA 2023 Annual Conference & Educational Courses

Navroz Singh (far right) with Nirmal and Vasant Oswal (second and third left) and the other recipients of the Vasant and Nirmal Oswal Trainee Scholarship. Navroz Singh, core surgical trainee at Kings College NHS Trust. This year’s British Medical Laser...

4th VCCA2023

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...

Sylvester O’Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting 2023

Clifton Wijaya presenting the best oral/poster to Teja Kaare, University of Limerick Medical Student with Professor Calvin Coffey in the background. Professor John E Fenton, Consultant in Academic ORL-HNS University Hospital Limerick and current President UEMS-ORL. The Head and Neck...

BLA/UEP Inaugural Joint Meeting

Matthew Cherko, Consultant Laryngologist, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. It was a historic day when the highly anticipated inaugural joint meeting between the British Laryngological Association (BLA) and the Union of the European Phoniatricians (UEP) took place in London. In a...