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Cochlear implantation in inner ear schwannoma patients

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
Inner ear schwannomas (IES) are rare. Patients with IES tend to lose their hearing. Surgery is a treatment option, but it leads to complete loss of hearing. Other treatment options include stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and watchful waiting (WW). The authors...
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Not to be mis-underestimated

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
It is a very rare occurrence to find a paper looking at NF2 and the auditory system. There seems to only be a couple on NF2 prevalence in the population, so this is unsurprising. As far as I can recall...

EAFPS 2023: 46th Annual Meeting

14 September 2023 -17 September 2023 | ENTA - ENT, Facial Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery
Dario Bertossi presenting the conference bell to Alwyn D’Souza, starting a new tradition. Riccardo Nocini, EAFPS Fellow. The 46th annual meeting of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) was held at the iconic Palazzo della Gran Guardia in...

Genetics WG4. Improving diagnosis and drug development through the genetic understanding of tinnitus subtypes: a TINNET endeavour

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
Christopher R Cederroth and Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez explain how progress is being made to investigate the contribution of genetic factors to tinnitus, including a subtype of ‘extreme’ tinnitus in Ménière’s disease. Genetics WG4 is working towards determining the genetic basis...

ESPO 2025

3 May 2025 -6 May 2025
Ayla TabaksertOver 1000 paediatric ENT specialists from 68 countries said “Guten tag!” as they convened for the 17th Congress of the European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO 2025) at the International Congress Centre, Stuttgart. In a city known for world-class...

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...

Sleep apnoea in children with craniofacial syndromes

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Whilst snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea are relatively common diagnoses in paediatric ENT, children with craniofacial syndromes take the problem to the next level. Robert Nash and Michelle Wyatt describe the Great Ormond Street multidisciplinary approach to treating this complex...

The UK otolaryngology trainees’ lived experience during the COVID-19 pandemic

17 February 2022 | | ENTA - Covid-19, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Much has been published on the concerns and real impact of the pandemic on surgical training. In this article, colleagues from the Association of Otorhinolaryngologists in Training (AOT) in the UK share the experiences of their membership. We invite our...

The ear, nose and throat anaesthesia practice of Dr John Snow (1813-58)

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - ENT
News of the first successful public demonstration of general anaesthesia in Boston, Massachusetts in October 1846 reached Britain in mid-December of that year. James Robinson, a London dentist, gave the first anaesthetic in the United Kingdom when, on 19 December,...

The art and science of acoustic ecology

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Aki Pasoulas summarises the diverse forms and approaches of the relatively new and expanding area of acoustic ecology, a discipline that studies the relationship between living beings and their sonic environment. Sound Ecology emerged in the late 1960s through the...

How to identify and support adults with auditory processing disorder: a focus on low-gain devices and auditory training

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Some adults struggle with hearing in noise despite normal audiograms. Tools like the HHIA, low-gain devices and auditory training can help identify and support these cases. In this article, Angela Alexander and Fatima Abbas use a case study to discuss...

A medical student’s perspective on the future of obstructive sleep apnoea management

17 June 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea remains an immensely challenging condition to treat. Many treatments have been used over the years, but no single management strategy has proven significantly better than the others. We hear about some technological innovations in the field of...