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Innovations in remote/teleaudiology patient care

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Audiometry remains the gold standard in hearing evaluations. Changes in the delivery of audiometry remain a key challenge in providing a telehealth approach to hearing care. The team at Lyon University Hospital validated an innovative approach to solving this challenge,...

Where ART meets Science: The Silence You Can Hear

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - General, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Some moments have a sound you don’t hear with your ears but feel with your entire being. The artwork DS21008 (200 cm x 120 cm) captures such a moment: a Sunday morning in Maastricht, where the river Maas reflects the...

CO2 Laser Dohlmans: Does It Still Have A Role In Pharyngeal Pouch Management?

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Background The commonest active management of a pharyngeal pouch is the division of the “interparty” wall using a stapling device [1, 2]. The technique is relatively straight forward to perform and theoretically should have less complications than other techniques such...

In conversation with Valerie j Lund, BACO International 2018 Master

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Professor Lund is ‘Master’ of BACO International 2018. She was made an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in October, the first woman in ENT to receive this. ENT & Audiology News Editor, Declan Costello, caught up with...

In conversation with Vinidh Paleri, BACO International 2018 Academic Committee Lead

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Vin Paleri has a central role in BACO International 2018 as the lead of the Academic Committee. Declan Costello caught up with him to discuss the role, and the most academically exciting aspects of the meeting. What is the international...

In conversation with David Stockdale

27 April 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Otology
David Stockdale is stepping away from the British Tinnitus Association (BTA) after 12 years, during which time the organisation has become transformed. Prof David Baguley met with David in the spring sunshine to reflect on past, present and future of...

From Hippocrates to COVID-19: sniffing out the disease

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
The ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, used the ‘art of smell’ to diagnose diseases around 400BC. He also formulated miasmatic theory, which posited that disease is caused by bad smells. Bad air was strongly believed by many physicians to be the...

Down with the nose, down with it flat

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
In Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, Timon urges prostitutes to spread syphilis throughout Athens. He implores the whores, Phrynia and Timandra, to: Consumptions* sow In hollow bones of man; strike their sharp shins,And mar men’s spurring*. Crack the lawyer’s voice**, That...

BACO: evolution and modernisation

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - General
Chairing the local organising committee is no small task, but it has a personal connection for Tim Woolford, as he tells us. I attended my first BACO in Manchester as a registrar, and have attended every one since. In July,...

Lessons learned from running a national thyroid surgery registry

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
The UK Registry of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery is now yielding the rewards of meticulous data collection and years of hard work. David Scott-Coombes discusses the advantages and the unintended consequences of their success. The British Association of Endocrine and...

Young Consultant Otolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons at BACO 2015: symposium on the future of ENT

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - General
What does the future hold for ENT surgeons in the UK? Leaders of our specialty aim to provide insight based on current guidance and personal experience. The programme will be of interest to anyone wishing to gain an insight into...

A patient-centred approach from the patient’s point of view

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Seeking help for hearing loss is often a big step for patients. Shari Eberts, a hearing health advocate living with hearing loss, explains why, and gives us her five top tips to improve patient-centred care in such cases. Sensorineural hearing...