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Otolaryngologists and audiologists are invited to learn about and lead efforts to reduce the global burden of hearing loss

IFOS promises to be a multidimensional meeting, with contributions from speakers from all corners of the world covering a huge array of subjects. We hear about how the global health aspects of hearing loss will be covered in the congress....

Ossicular reconstruction

Ossicular reconstruction often yields disappointing results, even for the most experienced and skilled of otologists. John Dornhoffer and David Walker explain that the most important determinant of outcome is the patient’s middle ear environment, and offer some valuable words of...

Hope for neural hearing loss

A new review shows significant promise of improved clinical outcomes for patients from the treatments in development for neural hearing loss (NHL), alongside better diagnosis.

Multisystem pathology in refractory otitis media with effusion

Recurrent middle ear effusion is a common problem and so is rhinosinusitis with polyposis. It is not often thought that the problem could be linked to multisystem pathology, such as eosinophilic granulomatous with polyposis. Therefore, repeated grommet insertions and surgical...

How can we manage children with poor speech discrimination but with normal audiogram

We often come across children and young adults brought in for consultation for suspected hearing loss and having hearing difficulty in noisy backgrounds but who often have normal audiograms. Such patients are suspected to have auditory neuropathy. The term auditory...

In conversation with Ricard Simo

Ricard Simo is a Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital. He is also Vice-President of the European Laryngological Society and is the Audit and Governance Lead for the ENT-UK Head and Neck Society. Our editor,...

OTC hearing aids

The potential for the deregulation of hearing aid technology, through the Over-The-Counter Act has led to a tremendous amount of opinions and views from all stakeholders in the US. You don’t have to go far on the internet, social media...

Thyroid nodules – time for a rational imaging approach

“The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you become informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray. You realize that nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing.” Calvin,...

ESSD 2023 13th Annual Congress

Emilien Chabrillac, MD, PhD student, specialising in head and neck cancer surgery and oncorehabilitation, Cancer University Institute of Toulouse Oncopole. The recent congress of the European Society for Swallowing Disorders was a remarkable gathering that brought together an array of...

Developing outcome measures for research

There are challenges in developing outcomes measures; Professor Hall presents five top pointers for making rapid progress in developing outcome measures for research purposes. Anyone who has worked clinically with hearing loss will appreciate that every patient’s experience is personal....

Is tonsillectomy performed any better by trained surgeons compared with trainees?

Tonsillectomy is one of the most common operations performed in otolaryngology. Training in this procedure therefore needs to begin early in the formative years, while also complying with patient safety and cost-effectiveness requirements. This randomised prospective study compares tonsillectomy with...

A shifting landscape of otitis media

In light of pneumococcal vaccination programmes, is otitis media evolving to have a different natural history? Acute otitis media (AOM) is a major public health problem in children worldwide, as it is the leading bacterial infection and first cause of...