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Does the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones cause APD?

23 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Have you heard the noise around APD? With a flurry of interest around noise-cancellation and APD, Dale Hewitt offers his take on the evidence and theory. When and why did this question first arise? An article was published by BBC...

In conversation with Lucy Carter

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Sound Seekers is a UK based charity, seeking to help deaf people, particularly children, in the poorest communities in the world. The aim is to work in partnership with local organisations and institutions to ensure we deliver sustainable and cost-effective...

INTEGRATE: Uniting collaborative research in ENT

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
Exposure to clinical research as a trainee is often sporadic and unstructured, despite it featuring in both the GMC’s Good Medical Practice and the ISCP’s syllabus for all surgical specialities, including otolaryngology [1,2]. The majority of trainees undertake small-scale research...

Outcome measurements WG5. Developing a core outcome set of measures for tinnitus

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Alain Londero presents a large-scale collaboration that invites clinicians and patients to develop a minimum standard for assessing the efficacy of tinnitus treatments. This will become an international recommendation for all clinical trials of tinnitus. WG5 is working towards a...

From ‘patients’ to ‘participants’: a career in audiological research

26 June 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Melanie Lough is a clinical audiologist-turned-research audiologist and, in this article, we hear about how she applies her transferable skills gained in audiology to her current role and future aspirations. Career background My route into audiology was unconventional to say...

In Memoriam: Charles I. Berlin, PhD

30 August 2024
Dr Charles “Chuck” Berlin was an international guiding star in hearing research and clinical audiology for over 50 years. He was a renowned scientist, mentor, teacher, clinician, colleague, accomplished musician, and friend to hundreds of colleagues from around the world....

A multidisciplinary approach to the management of the adult balance - dizzy patient

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Richard Gans and Kimberly Rutherford, renowned experts from The American Institute of Balance, give their team’s overview of the stages involved in reaching ‘diagnosis based strategies’. For the dizzy patient, this focuses on patient-centred clinical pathways for individualised therapy with...

Heard it all? Why leadership takes ENT training beyond the scalpel

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
Leadership in ENT training shapes registrars into team leaders in wards and theatres. It’s not just a CV point; it’s essential for effective patient care and team management. Leadership is a term that is present throughout ENT training. Even before...

The impact of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Otology
Hearing loss and language development Down syndrome (DS) usually arises due to trisomy 21 and is associated with intellectual disability and risks of developmental delays and difficulties, including hearing loss. Hearing loss is common in children with DS [1]. In...

Wireless bone conduction headphones – Aftershokz Wireless Trekz Titanium

20 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Trekz Titanium wireless headphones claim to be the safest alternative to traditional sport headphones, delivering music through the cheekbones and leaving the ears free to hear all surrounding sounds. Designed with athletes in mind, Gareth Smith donned his running gear...

Shifting paradigms – how a visionary can change a specialty

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
The Tarabichi-Stammberger Ear and Sinus Institute came about because of a close working relationship and friendship between two senior figures in the specialty. Professor Muaaz Tarabichi tells us the story. My first meeting with Heinz Stammberger was in 1988 in...

Sustainability guidelines to reduce single-use items in ENT outpatients

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
ENT surgery generates significant waste, with single-use instruments and packaging as key contributors. This article outlines recommendations on sustainable practice that can be adopted into ENT departments. Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the...