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Translating research – transforming lives: the BACO 2020 academic programme

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
The main attraction of any conference or event is, of course, the academic programme of lectures, workshops and education. Hisham Mehanna, BACO 2020 Academic Chair, and Paul Nankivell, Academic Vice Chair, give us an overview of what to expected in...

OBITUARY: Alan Gibb (1919-2020)

15 September 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Alan Gibb, who passed away on 5 September aged 101, was the Grand Old Man of British Otology. He slipped quietly away at home on Deeside from the long-term consequences of a stroke about two years ago, from which he...

Ethics, conduct and sinonasal surgery

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
For the three plenary sessions at ERS 2023, we asked top leaders in the field to enlighten us in the general aspects of our profession that need attention. Prof Gil Siegal will discuss the ethical questions we encounter in our...

Laryngeal transplantation: is it a thing?

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Few organs could be said to be more complex than the larynx when it comes to transplantation. Martin Birchall looks at past challenges, current issues and future prospects. I am not clear exactly why I chose to spend a life...

The search for pharmacological treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Where are we in our search for a hearing restoration grail? Nicola Robas leads us through the map pieces discovered in creating a pharmaceutical answer to hearing loss and tinnitus. Together, hearing loss and tinnitus affect over one in six...

Canine hearing testing and the role of otoacoustic emission tests

1 May 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Otoacoustic emissions testing is an accepted method of hearing testing in humans, but have you ever considered the situation in dogs? This article discusses deafness and hearing testing in dogs and the current role of OAE testing in this species....

Global audiology during COVID-19

26 June 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected, and in some areas, put a complete hold on, audiology practice around the world. In April 2020, during the peak of the pandemic for many regions, our audiology Global Ambassadors provided their reports from their...

Remote care apps: comparing the options

26 June 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
With much of the world in full or partial lockdown and social-distancing measures in full swing, the COVID-19 crisis has sparked renewed interest in remote teleaudiology services. Modern teleaudiology platforms, now offered by all major hearing aid brands, offer audiologists...

Surgical management of congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Introduction Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is a rare cause of neonatal upper airway obstruction which was first described by Douglas in 1952 [1]. The first radiological description of CNPAS was described by Ey et al in 1988 [2]....

Bipolar microdebrider turbinoplasty

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
There are a variety of ways to reduce the bulk of hypertrophied turbinates. Kimberley Lau and Showkat Mirza describe their technique which can be used in difficult cases and with minimal morbidity. As ever, one aim should be to avoid...

Endoscopic excision of cholesteatoma

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
In this article Vikranth Visvanathan describes an exciting development on the use of endoscopic technology in complex otological practice. Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is rapidly evolving as a recognised method of addressing middle ear and mastoid pathology. Since its...

Medway Medical Fayres

4 December 2023
For the last five years, Professor Rahul Kanegaonkar has been running Medway Medical Fayres for children in Kent, UK. Free to attend, the fayres take place at Medway Campus of Canterbury Christ Church University and allow 12–13-year-olds from less affluent backgrounds to experience a breadth of medical specialties.