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Intratympanic treatments for subjective idiopathic tinnitus
Direct application of medication into the ear is long established, going back as far as written records. In the modern era, greater understanding of aural anatomy revealed that drugs instilled in the middle ear could potentially diffuse into the cochlea...4th Annual Inner Ear Disorders Therapeutics Summit
Terrri Gaskell, Chief Technology Officer, Rinri TherapueticsHeld in Boston, USA, this was an essential gathering that captured the growing excitement in both the biotech and clinical communities surrounding the rapid advancements in hearing loss therapies. With the potential to significantly...Adult hearing screening: consideration for a holistic model
Background Adult-onset hearing impairment is a highly prevalent and undertreated chronic problem that poses a significant burden of disease worldwide [1]. It is usually gradual and diagnosed and managed approximately 10 years after adults have first experienced hearing difficulties [2]....The role of YO-IFOS in enhancing collaboration between young physicians in Europe
Young ENT surgeons realise the importance of international collaboration – we hear about a group that was formed just 18 months ago. During the meeting of the International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies (IFOS) in 2017 in Paris, a group for...
Associated findings in MRI used for detecting acoustic neuroma
Presently, gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging is the ‘gold standard’ for investigating acoustic neuroma. There are often ‘incidental’ findings that may or may not be significant. In this study of 109 scans, the authors noted an uptake of 0.9% for...In space no-one can hear you scream…or can they?
Plasma, eardrums the size of planets and questioning the wisdom of your school physics teacher! Martin Archer explains the fascinating world of sound and space. Is there sound in space? If you believed the marketing of the movie Alien, or...
Postoperative recovery in children after ENT surgery
This Belgian prospective study reported on the postoperative recovery time after routine ENT surgery (grommets, adenotonsillectomy), and compared parental estimations of postoperative pain with those of the child themselves (however, the authors do admit that many of the children included...
