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Running a post-COVID smell clinic

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Over the past year, much of our effort as a speciality has been directed towards crisis management and keeping services afloat. Our practice has changed in untold ways, but unprecedented numbers of patients with smell disorders will increasingly require our...

Role of oral and intranasal steroids in the management of otitis media with effusion

1 May 2018 | | Otitis Media With Effusion, Steroids, Audiometry, Tympanometry
Inflammation is considered an important factor in the pathogenesis and continuation of otitis media with effusion. Theoretically, this may support the use of steroids, oral or intranasal in the management of this condition. This study comprised three well matched groups...

Carleton Medical Ltd, continuation of Lumenis CO2 support

22 May 2024 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
In line with the announcement from Boston Scientific informing customers that they will cease global production of the Lumenis range of CO2 lasers at the end of 2024, Carleton Medical Ltd wish to reassure continuation of service.

Braci PRO – Alerts for the Hearing Impaired

25 August 2017 | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
The honk of a car. An ambulance siren. A fire alarm. The ring of a doorbell. These alerting sounds are used to communicate information of varying levels of importance to us in our homes on a daily basis. Unfortunately this...

Leadership reflections

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
For the past year, Lisa Vaughan Christensen has been the President of the American Academy of Audiology. In this article, she shares the journey that led her to this position and offers some brilliant advice to anyone interested in leadership....

Deaf identity is not cookie cutter shaped: a CI user in a hearing world

25 August 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants
Sam Burgess tells us what deaf identity means to her as a service manager in a busy healthcare library, with a cochlear Implant. To begin with, I have been deaf since birth due to congenital rubella. I have not known...

Assessment of genetic disorders: congenital sensorineural hearing loss

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Otology
Severe or profound sensorineural hearing impairment (SNHI) is a common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 1000 newborns [1]. SNHI may result from environmental causes or have a genetic basis. The genetic causes can be further subdivided into non-syndromic (isolated...

Kelvin Kong made Member of the Order of Australia

29 January 2024
Congratulations to Professor Kelvin Kong, Australia’s first Indigenous ENT surgeon, who has been given one of the country’s most prestigious honours.

OAEE UPDATE - Urgent Call for Surgical Supplies in Ukraine

24 March 2022
UK professionals have called for aid in sending surgical equipment to Ukraine during Russian invasion.

Roshna Rose Paul: interview between trainee and senior surgeon

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - General
Professor Paul has been heavily involved with training and educating multiple cohorts of ENT trainees over the years, since 2010. In this article, Mr Reid (a current ENT registrar from the West Midlands) picks her brains. Prof Roshna Rose Paul....

SmartVS™: revolutionising audiology education with virtual simulation

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Professor Brown introduces the Smart VS™ simulation system developed during the 2020 pandemic to support students in gaining experience without direct patient interaction. Universities have been training audiologists essentially the same way for the past 40+ years. It’s time to...

How I lost my hearing aid…and other patient experiences

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
All audiologists, I am sure, would claim that they give full explanations of hearing aid controls and use of the devices at all fitting appointments. However, we know that patients do not always absorb all that they are told and...