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Virtual Voices sing out

The search is on for musicians with a hearing implant to be part of an online collaboration. The Virtual Voices and Band project is inviting hearing implant users of all types, countries, abilities and brands to unite by recording a vocal or instrumental performance of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

Implant patient says it with flour

So delighted was 77-year-old Graham with his cochlear implant, he asked his granddaughter Lillie Westbury, a professional baker, to bake an “ear” cake.

2nd Irish Head and Neck Society Annual Conference

Alison McHugh, ST5 in Otolaryngology, Republic of Ireland. Following its inaugural success last year, the Irish Head and Neck Society (IHNS) returned to the Lyrath Estate for a vibrant meeting opened by IHNS President, Professor Patrick Sheahan, who welcomed an...

1st Meeting on Olfactory Implants 2023

Liam Lee (left), Academic FY2 at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK and Ms Tharsika Myuran (right), ENT ST7 Registrar, East of England. In the heart of Geneva, an exciting two-day symposium on olfactory implants took place for the...

The inaugural UK Remote Access Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery Meeting

Harrypal Panesar, ST3 Otolaryngology, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK An impressive faculty of leading thyroid and parathyroid surgeons from countries across the world was in attendance along with 45 delegates seated in a sold-out lecture theatre. The morning started with...

George Davey Howells Prize 2019

Prof Ray Clarke (Liverpool) and Mr John Watkinson (Birmingham and London) have been awarded the George Davey Howells prize for Scott Brown’s Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery- 8th Edition, published 2018 .The George Davey Howells prize is awarded by the...

New RSCI President-Elect

Professor Laura Viani has been elected President-elect of the RCSI. Prof Viana will take up office 2022-2024. Prof Viana becomes the second female RSCI President in over 200 years and the third of the ENT specialty. Prof Laura Viani is...

Coronavirus: Ventilator built by Airbus and F1 approved

  Image courtesy of BBC   The first new medical ventilator to treat people with severe symptoms of Covid-19 has been approved in the UK. CLICK HERE

AOT President, Manish George, highlights the many issues COVID-19 has created for trainees

It is clear that COVID-19 has created multiple wide-reaching issues for trainees as a whole. Whilst an earlier preoccupation of mine has been to...

Congratulations to our KJ Lee book competition winner!

We are delighted to announce that Raluca Horhat, an ENT Specialist in Romania, is the winner of our recent KJ Lee book competition, winning a prize copy of Leeway: Reaching Beyond Expectations. Thank you to everyone who entered the competition...

Robotic surgery in focus

Super Surgeons is a three-part series broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 this summer.