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Endolymphatic duct, a bit more than what meets the eye

It is theorised that the endolymphatic duct (ED) and the endolymphatic sac (ES) system play a role in both the production and absorption of endolymph. This system could be responsible for development of endolymphatic hydrops (EH). Recently, the presence of...

MED-EL acquires BHM-Tech to expand hearing innovations

Earlier this year, MED-EL successfully acquired BHM-Tech, a leader in bone conduction hearing systems, further strengthening its innovative hearing solutions portfolio. To ensure a seamless transition, BHM-Tech’s founder, Franz Berl, will remain as a consultant following his retirement, with Markus...

ENT UK BSO Balance Course & BSO Annual Meeting

Hannah Lancer, ST8 ENT Registrar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, West Midlands. Hosted in the recently refurbished Royal College of Surgeons of England, the popular BSO Balance Course commenced with a morning of informative talks from both national and international faculty. Delegates...

The TWJ Foundation internationally

The TWJ Foundation offers annual overseas major clinical fellowships in otology, neurotology and lateral skull-base surgery.

How loud is too loud? Smart ways to monitor noise exposure through your headphones

As an audiologist, an increasingly common concern patients have is noise exposure from their headphones and how it will impact their hearing over time. It’s a legitimate worry considering the average adult is streaming audio content on their mobile devices...

Intratympanic steroids - to give or not to give?

The treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) is controversial and different modes of steroids have been tried without any universal consensus. Various authors have reported combined oral and intratympanic steroid therapy in SSNHL, with consistent results in several...

Speculating on saliva during endoscopy

It has been noted that the presence of saliva in the pharynx and larynx during flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) can be an indicator of increased risk of aspiration and consequent pneumonia, as well as weight loss and malnutrition....

Recovery of vestibular function after vestibular neuritis

It is well known that recovery from vestibular neuritis (VN) is not solely mediated through central vestibular compensation, but also at the peripheral level. The authors conducted a prospective study to track the dynamic changes in recovery from vestibular neuritis...

The future of hearing care and the role of audiology

The Clinical Director of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and President-elect of the American Academy of Audiology reviews the status of the present day audiologist’s remit, and discusses the changes we can expect with the changing demographic and behaviour of...

Listening and Spoken Language Therapy for Children with Hearing Loss

I’d like to start this review with a disclaimer – I don’t deliver speech and language therapy but am interested in how speech, language and communication are developing in the children we see with hearing loss within audiology. I found...

Open hearing-aid fittings or closed

There is always a balance between different types of hearing aids and their advantages and disadvantages that influence choice of device and ultimately user preference. Personal choice also plays a role when deciding on behind the ear or in ear...

Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma – slowly getting there

The rarest of the rare, sinonasal tumours form only a small part of the total number of head and neck tumours and undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) is one of the rarest of this group. There is some data (and some expert...