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Alternobaric vertigo: asymmetrical vestibular function due to asymmetrical middle ear pressures (Iron Man’s archenemy)

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
The Marvel Cinematic Universe could certainly be deemed an ‘extreme environment’ and yet very rarely do we see the Avenger’s popping to the clinic for a check-up. Hee-Young Kim has wondered how they cope with extreme pressure changes and discusses...

The preventative audiologist

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Rob Shepheard has been championing the role of ‘the preventative audiologist’ for many years. In this article, he explores how that can be achieved.

OTC hearing aids: where are we now?

2 September 2022 | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The ‘Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act’ of 2017 set in motion plans for a long-debated shift in the hearing care market. In 2021, the FDA released draft guidance which will allow hearing aids in the US to be sold direct to...

Implicit bias in audiology and wider healthcare

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
What is implicit bias and how might it affect patient outcomes in hearing healthcare? Yovina Khiroya provides insight into the terminology and the effect on people and service delivery. As much as possible within healthcare, we try to reduce implicit...

Why hearing above 8 kHz matters more than you think

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
This review explores the significance of extended high-frequency hearing loss (above 8 kHz) and why it may be worth doing clinically more frequently. There are many conditions that may hide underneath a normal audiogram, and one of the easiest to...

Big data and the future of cochlear implant aftercare

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants
With a million people using cochlear implants worldwide, the time is right for us to harness this vast data for patient benefit. Every day, cochlear implant (CI) processors quietly collect data: how long they’re worn, how often users switch programs...

Understanding the NAL-NL3 Prescription System: a new era of personalised hearing aid fitting

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The NAL-NL3 system marks a transformative step in hearing aid fitting, shifting from a one-size-fits-most prescription to a modular, patient-centred approach. Developed by the National Acoustic Laboratories, this new system integrates a core audiogram-based prescription with targeted modules to address...

Prof Tanon of the Côte d’Ivoire and Stephanie Unterrieder of MED-EL: challenges and successes of a public-private partnership

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - ENT
The Côte d’Ivoire (RCI) is a large country on the West African coast. It has recently launched a pioneering neonatal hearing screening programme. Dr Cheka Spencer caught up with Prof Marie-Josée Tanon to discuss this and other recent developments which...

Endoscopic CSF leak repair using nasoseptal flap

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Many of us during training or in established practice will have encountered the complication of anterior skull base CSF leak. This can be a challenging problem to deal with and in this article the authors describe their favoured approach. Cerebrospinal...

Percutaneous fibre guided laser surgery of the endolarynx

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Occasionally, getting access to the larynx for an intervention can be challenging. Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe a novel way to perform laser treatment in such difficult instances. Fibre guided office-based endolaryngeal laser surgery has developed to be a...

Robotics in rhinology – fantasy or the future?

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Robotic surgery is advancing, but its use in rhinology lags due to spatial constraints and high costs. Innovations in flexible robots may bridge this gap in the future. We are in a new era, one of artificial intelligence and robotics....

In conversation with Ad Snik

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - ENT
Professor Ad Snik has spent a large portion of his career in hearing implantation and has seen novel devices come and go, some of great benefit to patients, others which haven’t produced expected results. In this interview, he talks to...