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Trainee-led collaborative research and audit in ENT: where are we now?

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
In late 2015 INTEGRATE, the UK ENT Trainee Research Network, was formed. Since then, two national projects have been completed and INTEGRATE has grown into a larger, more structured organisation, with otology, head and neck and rhinology subcommittees working alongside...

Making sense of modern wireless hearing aid technologies

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Before diving into the topic of the technology behind wireless hearing aids, it is important to define two key concepts. The first is wireless frequency. This is the frequency at which a wireless signal is transmitted. In the context of...

Introduction to speech testing

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Let’s get back to basics: Dr Schoepflin introduces the concepts behind speech testing for hearing care professionals. While pure tone threshold testing is considered the ‘gold standard’ for assessing auditory sensitivity, the results of pure tone testing provide only limited...

In conversation with Jessica Huber, inventor of The SpeechVive

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Parkinson’s disease often results in a characteristically quiet voice. But a new device is offering hope to patients who are struggling to be heard. Jessica E Huber. Tell us, what is the SpeechVive? The SpeechVive is a wearable device designed...

In conversation with Professor Wolfgang Pirsig

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
Professor Wolfgang Pirsig is a key figure in the field of ENT history and is known for his fascinating discoveries of ENT features in art and historical objects. He kindly agreed to be interviewed for this special history focus by...

Human factors, theatre ethnographics and Girls Aloud

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
The issue of ambient music in the operating theatre is frequently controversial and has been known to cause ‘Bluetooth wars’, as different team members vie for control of the speakers. Our own Chris Potter gives his personal slant on this...

Bishop Berkeley and the Freireich experimental hypothesis

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - General
Our resident reporter at large tells us about two of his heroes, both of whom have quite clear merits and foibles. My patients just keep on getting better. You may well point out that under the care of a clinician...

Sushruta and Indian rhinoplasty

3 March 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Vijay Pothula explains rhinoplasty’s roots in ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine, and how it was introduced to the Western world. In 1794 The Gentleman’s Magazine published a surgical operation which was long established in India but unknown in Europe [1]. A...

Innovation in medical product technologies

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
There is a point in all innovation projects where the clinician has exhausted their knowledge and needs expert help to create a prototype. Mark Prince, Design Engineer, discusses this phase of the project and how engineers’ analytical thinking brings a...

Middle ear reconstruction in children: why, when and how

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
Every ear in every child is different. Rob Nash discusses the rationale behind reconstructive ear surgery in children and his philosophy on timing and techniques of reconstruction. It is rare for middle ear pathologies to be life threatening. Indeed, it...

The Airway Intervention Registry: Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (AIR: RRP) data collection

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - General
Laryngeal papillomatosis remains a frustratingly difficult condition to treat. Adam Donne and Steven Powell tells us about a collaborative project aiming to enhance patient care. The first UK Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis registry opened in April 2018 through the AIR (Airway...

A small company’s perspective

1 March 2015 | ENTA - General
In this article, we hear from Alan McNulty, Director from Sheffmed, an SME (Small – Medium Enterprise), who have supplied surgical instruments, consumables and video systems to ENT clinicians for over 12 years. Alan outlines some of the choices and...