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Biologics for deafness

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Otology
Cochlear implants and hearing aids are inherently limited in their ability to restore ‘natural’ hearing. Biological therapy to treat inner ear pathology still is evolving rapidly with several ongoing clinical trials, though none are available for clinical practice to date....

OBITUARY: Lawrence Cleary 19/06/39 – 1/10/25

10 October 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
It is considerable sadness that we have to report the death of Lawrie Cleary. Lawrie Cleary played a major part in the history of cochlear implantation in the UK. He had lifelong hearing loss and was a patient of mine...

Combined use of a hearing aid and a cochlear implant: a case study

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
When multi-channel cochlear implants (CIs) were first introduced in the 1980s, their use was restricted to people who derived no benefit from conventional amplification. Over the past three decades, however, the criteria for CIs has been relaxed considerably, and it...

Soluvos Medical expands exclusive distribution agreement with Cytophil, Inc.

22 June 2021 | Contracts & Distributors
Cytophil, Inc. is pleased to announce the expansion of the exclusive distribution agreement with Soluvos Medical BV for Cytophil’s ENT products for all European countries, including United Kingdom, plus Dutch territories, South Africa and India.

Audeara personalised headphones win Innovator Award

19 November 2021 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles, Research & Development
Audeara Ltd is a hearing health technology company delivering high-quality personalised audio to listeners.

New global alliance brings hearing care to people in 14 developing countries

4 March 2022 | Global Health
A global project from MED-EL will provide access to new ear and hearing care services for almost 100,000 people living with undiagnosed and untreated hearing loss in developing and emerging countries around the world.

Digital bone conduction hearing glasses

5 December 2023 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
BHM offers comfortable, tried-and-tested hearing solutions with its bone conduction hearing systems.

Cochlear implantation in the developing world: perspectives from the Indian subcontinent

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
Cochlear implants are an expensive technology, yet profound hearing loss is far from a developed-world phenomenon. On the contrary, incidences of both congenital and acquired hearing losses are high in the developing world. This article explains how an initiative in...

Update on the development of an implantable vestibular prosthesis

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Cochlear implants have revolutionised the management of profound hearing loss. Might vestibular implants be the future for the treatment of bilateral vestibular failure? James Johnston and Neil Donnelly explore. The vestibular system is highly complex, integrating visual, labyrinthine and proprioceptive...

The ear-brain connection in cochlear implant users: learning to listen again

26 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology
While the cochlear implant (CI) has been a tremendous success in restoring hearing to deaf individuals, the implantation outcome still varies across CI users [1]. Some demographic factors, such as duration of deafness, and peripheral factors, such as electrode placement,...

The power of mentoring

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - General
What is a mentor, and what are the benefits for mentee and mentor? Emma Stapleton and Rohma Abrar, mentor and mentee respectively, explain. The term ‘mentor’ is derived from Homer’s Odyssey, in which the goddess Athena, disguised as Mentor, guides...

Remote hearing aid fittings and maintenance – exploring applications in Africa

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Introduction Technology and connectivity are allowing audiological services to be provided in novel ways. The field of telehealth, although firmly established over the past two decades, is buoyed by the continued and rapid advances in information and communication technologies. Remote...