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International Hearing Award 2025
De Wet Swanepoel, from the University of Pretoria, has received this year’s International Hearing Award from the American Academy of Audiology. It is awarded to an audiologist or vestibular scientist who lives and works outside of the United States who...Future of Hearing Healthcare virtual conference
The fifth annual Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference (FHH) will be held virtually on Wednesdays May 14, 21 and 28, continuing its mission to highlight the ideas, innovations, and individuals shaping the future of hearing care. Organised by Hearing Health...Submissions for the 6th Annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™
Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) is now accepting submissions for the sixth annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™, an annual programme honouring technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry.This year’s awards will recognise excellence in the following eight categories:...New trustees for Tinnitus UK
The Tinnitus UK team at a recent roadshow event. Tinnitus UK has appointed a new Chair of the Board of Trustees, Pierre Espinasse, as well as a number of new board members. Pierre is a former chief executive of a...Newsround February 2025
To read our February 2025 edition of Newsround please click below: Subscribe here for ENT & Audiology News ENT & Audiology News is a bi-monthly magazine offering conference and meeting news, specialty features, journal reviews and trainee updates and much,...Newsround March 2025
To read our March 2025 edition of Newsround please click below: Subscribe here for ENT & Audiology News ENT & Audiology News is a bi-monthly magazine offering conference and meeting news, specialty features, journal reviews and trainee updates and much,...Partnership between fashion and hearing care
Fashion brand HAN Kjøbenhavn and GN, a global leader in hearing technology, have joined forces to challenge stigma and misperceptions around hearing aids. HAN Kjøbenhavn marks the launch of their new collection with this partnership, which aims to elevate hearing aids from being a medical necessity to a form of self-expression that should be celebrated.Scotland’s first UKAS accreditation for paediatric audiology
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has granted Scotland’s first accreditation against the Improving Quality In Physiological Services (IQIPS) standard. The award was made to the Audiology Department at NHS Tayside and covers both adult and paediatric audiology services delivered at four hospitals in Dundee, Perth and Brechin.
Should patients with dysphagia be allowed water freely?
Patients with dysphagia often experience dehydration as a consequence of “nil by mouth” or having to consume thickened fluids due to aspiration of thin fluids. However, not all incidents of aspiration develop into an infection. Factors that contribute to aspiration...
The video head impulse test: an aid to the diagnosis of spinocerebellar ataxias
Spinocerebellar and Friedreich ataxias (SCA and FA) by their nature present in neuro-otology clinics. The diagnosis is ultimately genetic but the authors investigated the characteristics of the VOR using the video head impulse test (vHIT) in order to distinguish between...
Patient-led wax and aural foreign body removal technology – is it safe?
As ENT and audiology professionals, wax impaction and aural foreign bodies are common presentations to our clinic that can cause significant distress to patients and can preclude diagnostic testing such as pure tone audiograms and tympanometry. We often advise patients...
