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Universal newborn hearing screening: a global health perspective
Intuitively, as health professionals, we know that universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) makes sense. Bolajoko Olusanya outlines how UNHS fits in with global health priorities, as well as illustrating how such programmes can help to deliver additional benefits to communities....Old age is hard to swallow
This article takes us through the diagnosis and management of swallowing problems common in older age. As our global population continues to grow and live longer, dysphagia will continue to be a global problem which needs to be recognised, understood...
Same, same: similarities in conversation between people with dementia and aphasia and their loved ones
This article proposes that studying the commonalities between the effect of dementia and aphasia (post stroke language impairment) on communication could result in greater sharing of clinically relevant interventions. To date the separate study has resulted in significant separation of...Developing an Innovation for ENT – from Idea to Market: how ‘e-i’ did it
Background endoscope-i (e-i) Ltd was incorporated into Companies House on December 3rd, 2012 following eight months of developing our first project, a simple iPhone adapter for endoscopes. Of the three founding shareholders, two are ENT surgeons and one a lecturer...TORS for patients with sleep-disordered breathing
Transoral robotic surgery is now a well-accepted technique in malignant tumours of the tongue base. Here the team from St Mary’s and the Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital in London describe its use in carefully selected patients with...One hundredth VOIS implant case completed
One hundred patients across the UK and Ireland have now benefited from an innovative vocal implant system designed to treat glottic insufficiency with voice and swallowing disorders. DP Medical Systems Ltd., the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor of the ‘VOIS...UK universities get £2.2m for aural diversity research
The University of Salford, in collaboration with Goldsmiths, University of London, has been awarded up to £2.2 million in funding for a groundbreaking initiative aimed at advancing research in hearing.National Acoustics Laboratories and Ear Science Institute Australia join forces
A partnership between two Australian organisations will bring together the country’s researchers to improve treatments for millions dealing with hearing issues.
Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuro-Otology: A Case-Based Guide for Clinicians and Scientists
As Daniel Gold points out in his preface, the idea for this title was borne from the observation that, despite the considerable overlap between the fields of neuro-ophthalmology and vestibular neurology, there is no single text that marries these two...Leadership in academia
I went into medicine with the clichéd view of wanting to help people. I found that by doing surgery I could help a small number of people, albeit usually to a large effect. Then, I recognised that by engaging in...
