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Genetics of IP-III

The authors provide a literature review of the genetic basis and clinical features of incomplete partition (IP)-type III. The condition is seen typically in males and is due to mutation in the POU class 3 homeobox 4 (POU3F4) gene which...

The changing role of audiology

Audiology has changed dramatically in recent years. Cochlear implants and high power hearing aids have made hearing really available to children with essentially any degree of hearing loss. Those of us who have been in the field for a long...

The importance of s-ABR in auditory disorders

S-ABR is a method of recording speech-evoked-potentials, but where does it fit in the clinical and research test battery? Here, the authors examine the opportunities for s-ABR. The integrity of the neural transmission of acoustic stimuli is evaluated by auditory...

Emma Stapleton honoured in Edinburgh

Otologist Emma Stapleton is among six new members appointed to the College Council of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd).

Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics - Seventh Edition

This text offers a good resource to learn or refresh knowledge relating to psychological and physiological acoustics. While a highly informative source for those learning about audiology such as students and new audiological professionals, as the preface suggests it could...

Browning’s Audiology for Clinicians - Third Edition

The third edition of Browning’s Audiology for Clinicians is one of the clearest and most practical audiology texts I’ve used in ENT. It focuses on what matters clinically, presenting audiological principles in a way that supports real decision-making. What stands...

Does topical dual steroid therapy improve vertigo in refractory Ménière’s disease?

This prospective study investigated the role of simultaneous application of methylprednisolone and dexamethasone-soaked gelatin sponge to the endolymphatic sac surface and dexamethasone sponge to the short process of incus in 20 patients with refractory Ménière’s disease (MD) undergoing endolymphatic sac...

Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide: Enhancing Communication in Children and Adults Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing – Second Edition

This second edition of Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide by Linda L Daniel and Sneha V Bharadwaj is an excellent treasure trove of resources for both students and junior practitioners across audiology, speech and language therapy and deaf education. Readers are...

UCL Ear Institute: Advances in Auditory Implants

UCL Ear Education CPD courses We specialise in providing training programmes for ENT medics, audiologists and associated health-care professionals. Our courses are ENT UK (RCP), BAA and/or BSHAA accredited. Our CPD courses are delivered by our in-house experts, including world...

Envisaging ESPO 2026

Jiří Skřivan has been an inspiring presence in the ORL community in his native Prague for more than thirty years. An otologist and one of the pioneers of cochlear implant surgery in Central and Eastern Europe, Jiří is leading the...

#BecauseIhearIlive – an international message from Smiling Crocodile

There are 34 million children worldwide afflicted by disabling hearing loss, 60% of whom are suffering from hearing loss due to preventable causes [1]. This article is an account of the Smiling Crocodile Charity, founded in 2009 by Dagmar Herrmannová,...

What’s new in protecting hearing?

Preventing an avoidable hearing loss before it begins would be the public health dream. In this article Kathleen Campbell takes us through one option that is showing the potential to fulfil that ambition. Kathleen explains the development of a preventative...