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Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - General
Predatory conferences are a growing concern. First highlighted in our sister magazine, Eye News*, the issue affects all areas of medicine – including ENT and audiology. With inboxes filling up with flattering invitations to ‘global’ meetings in glamorous destinations, it’s...

Drug eluting stent vs INCS for CRS

1 November 2017 |
A prospective, randomised study from Finland to compare a drug eluting stent (DES) and intranasal corticosteroids (INCS) in 63 patients as assessed by SNOT-22, VAS, endoscopy, CT and rhinometry pre-treatment, at three and six months post treatment. Recruitment was over...
International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology cover image.

Can we centralise cochlear implant surgery and keep most appointments close to home?

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - 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...
Audiology and Neurotology journal cover image.

Audiometric and Quality of Life comparison between Bonebridge® and Osia®

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Bone conduction implants are an alternative to hearing aids for varying reasons. Both Bonebridge® and Osia® are transcutaneous devices maintaining intact skin, establishing a connection between the implanted device and external processor through a magnetic system. Both are described as...

Prestigious Global Engineering Medals Awarded to Cochlear Implant Inventors Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair

15 May 2023 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Austrian cochlear implant pioneers, Dr Ingeborg Hochmair and Prof Erwin Hochmair have been granted the 2023 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for their outstanding contribution to communication and engineering.

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...

Near-miss in otolaryngology head and neck surgery

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - General
It is recommended by John Fenton that we as a specialty need to embrace the concept of, take responsibility for and learn from all near-miss events, rather than our traditional haphazard approach of an occasional educational anecdote or case report....

A parent’s journey: beyond the diagnosis

1 January 2015 | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Tamsin Coates lives in Wallesey, UK and talks about coming to terms with the difficulties and joys of having two deaf children. Here she explains about the early days and the impact of their diagnosis upon the family. Thinking back...

A one-stop state of the art, non-profit healthcare facility in Pune, India

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - ENT
In 2001, a non-profit healthcare facility was founded in Pune India, providing low and middle income group patients with treatment, not only at a minimum cost, but of a quality which bears the stamp of approval by the Royal College...

In conversation with Professor Patrick Gullane: My life in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Fellowship RCSEng 2009. Patrick, as you have recently ‘stepped down’ as Chairman and Chief of ORL-HNS at Toronto General Hospital, what next? Firstly, so often I have been asked why I selected this career path, from a quote by Johnny...

In conversation with Ray Clarke: Scott-Brown – The Editors’ view…

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Ray Clarke. How did you get involved in the forthcoming Scott-Brown ? How does one become editor of a textbook? Editors are approached and appointed by the publishers, but of course publishers will take advice and soundings from within the...

Recurrent respiratory papilloma treatment in the office

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this interesting new article, Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe their technique for managing recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis in an outpatient setting using channelled endoscopes. The recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) of the larynx is a chronic HPV-associated viral disease. Clinical...