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Machine learning to support audiology

Jessica Monaghan and David Allen discuss how machine learning, using a wealth of data provided by hearing devices, can be used to streamline their functionality and fitting. They report on how it has been used to support clinicians to maximise...

Spring RAMI Section of Oto-Rhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Prize Meeting

The Spring RAMI Section of Oto-Rhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Prize Meeting, held on 28 March 2025 in Portlaoise, proved to be an exceptional gathering of both current and future leaders in the field.

OTO-104 in noise-induced and cisplatin-induced hearing loss

These two animal studies report on potential new applications for intra-tympanic OTO-104, a slow-release hydrogel formulation of dexamethasone that is currently being used in a Europe-wide randomised trial for Ménière’s disease. In the first paper, guinea pigs were given a...

Some guidelines for treating rhinological patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

This is a very interesting and informative multinational European guide to the treatment of rhinology patients during the current pandemic, describing the safe delivery of a rhinological service to patients. Much of this has become well understood and standard practice...

Doing it for the men: diversifying the speech and language therapy profession

It is known that many health professions are dominated by females, particularly the allied health professions, such as speech and language therapy. This is more pronounced in the US than in the UK, Australia and other countries. The authors of...

Paediatric ENT trauma

Managing trauma in children often strikes terror in doctors who do not deal with children regularly. Kate Stephenson explains the approach to a child who has suffered ENT trauma and specific things to look for in children. ENT injuries are...

Audiology in this issue...Current Topics in Tinnitus

Prof David Baguley, PhD, MBA,Professor of Hearing Sciences, NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham; Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham; Nottingham Audiology Services, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham, UK. Until really quite recently, the...

29th Biennial IERASG Symposium

David Jackson Morris, Associate Professor, Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of CopenhagenThe Flatirons, slabs of reddish-brown sandstone, in the foothills of the Rocky mountains, were the backdrop for the International Evoked Response Audiometry Study Group (IERASG) meeting 2025. This biannual...

EUHA 2025: 69th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians

EUHA 2025: 69th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians will be held in Nuremberg, Germany, from 22 to 24 October 2025 We are building on last year's success and presenting our EUHA Live Area as a central meeting and networking area with special programme. It will be located in the Industry Exhibition. The event consists of a specialist conference featuring international lecturers and a trade fair with exhibitors from Germany and abroad. The EUHA Live Area connects the Congress and the Industry Exhibition even more closely. A central meeting and networking area with a stage will be created in the exhibition hall, where visitors can get information on the different topics.

Facing up to the challenge of behavioural observation in infant hearing assessment

The ability to assess detection and discrimination of speech by infants has proved elusive. Dr Iain Jackson and colleagues discuss how new technologies and fresh approaches might offer valuable insight into young infants’ behavioural responses to sound. The limits of...

Have we reached our limits in endoscopic skull base surgery?

As being an anterior skull base surgeon becomes the aspiration of many ENT trainees, Professor Nicolai gives his personal insights into the future for this exciting subspeciality. Having been directly involved in the evolution of transnasal endscopic surgery (TES) since...

Tinnitus without hearing loss – inflammation?

Inflammation can have a profound impact on multiple systems. Certainly in recent years, autoimmune conditions are on the rise and the impact on audiovestibular symptoms have been documented. Given the rates in the population, the impact of inflammation on the...