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Head and neck cancer deaths to cost $535 billion by 2030

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
More than 500,000 people across the globe will die this year from head and neck cancer, which is the sixth most common cancer in the world and comprises malignancies of the nose, mouth, throat, larynx, and neck. Assuming current trends...

ENT specialist honoured in Uzbekistan

20 May 2025
Italian ENT specialist Professor Desiderio Passàli was awarded an honorary professorship in April by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The honour was conferred at an event on 18 April in Samarkand State Medical University by the...
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Smartphone hearing test

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric | Hearing loss, mass screening, mobile applications, sensitivity and specificity
Our Editors’ Choice for this edition reviews an article looking at the use of a smartphone app for hearing screening. We have all had to integrate telehealth into our practice to some extent recently and this paper examines a teleaudiology...
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Can we centralise cochlear implant surgery and keep most appointments close to home?

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Paediatrics
The NHS Five Year Forward View promoted seeing patients closer to home in order to provide better care, cut down on missed appointments and reduce costs. This encouraged the development of ‘hub and spoke’ models of care, but this model...

Innovating around access to hearing services during the pandemic

9 September 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
COVID-19 has also presented its challenges to hearing healthcare providers and to the industry and, similarly, called for innovation and creativity. Dr Bromwich describes how these sectors are rising to the challenge. The reality of COVID-19 has been a challenging...

Five gold medals for ENT surgeon

1 October 2025
ENT&Audiology News history section editor, Katherine Conroy, represented Great Britain at this year’s World Transplant Games. Athletes from 51 countries participated in multiple sports from 18 - 22 August in Dresden, Germany.

Prof Metin Önerci – ENT in Central Asia

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - ENT
Our Global Ambassador covering the Eurasia region is Prof Metin Önerci. We wanted him to shed some light on ENT in the countries of Central Asia – this is an area of the world that we in the west hear...

TSESI 2023 scholarship applications now open

29 November 2022
The Tarabichi Stammberger Ear & Sinus Institute (TSESI ) is accepting scholarship applications until 31 December 2022. The scholarship programme is designed to train young otolaryngologists in basic-to-advanced endoscopic ear and sinus surgical techniques. It puts a special emphasis on...

In conversation with Professor Anne Schilder

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
Flying the flag for research in ENT, hearing and balance Anne Schilder is an NIHR Research Professor and leads the evidENT team at the Ear Institute at University College London. She also holds a Chair in Paediatric ENT at UCL...

In conversation with Erwin Offeciers

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Professor Erwin Offeciers is a renowned adult and paediatric otologist, living and working in Antwerp, Belgium. He has extensive experience in cochlear implantation and has also spearheaded the well described bony obliteration technique. He is to sit on the forthcoming...

Green hearing services: sustainable care for people and the planet

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Environmental resource depletion is no longer a distant threat; it is a current health emergency. Sustainable hearing services are kind to both people and the planet. In January 2026, the International Society of Audiology hosted a webinar bringing together those...

Are today’s implantable hearing devices better than conventional devices for patients with conductive and mixed hearing loss?

30 April 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
In March 2014, we published a paper in ENT & Audiology News, with a similar title. Below, an updated overview is presented of available devices (early 2021) for patients with conductive/mixed hearing loss. The focus is on effectiveness. Patients with...