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ESPCI 2019 - The 14th European Symposium of Paediatric Cochlear Implantation

16 October 2019 -19 October 2019 | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Paediatric ENT, Vestibular Disorders
Report by: Priya Achar, Consultant Neurotologist, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK President Luminita Radulescu organised the 15th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation (ESPCI). Delegates were mainly ENT surgeons, audiologists, speech and language therapists, teachers of the deaf, neurophysiologists, and...

Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices

1 July 2014 | | Auditory Implants
Cochlear implants: Principles & Practices describes the scientific foundations and the practices that underlie cochlear implants. This second edition has an expanded list of contributors and addresses the broad range of related topics that impact the field. The book addresses...

What’s the appetite for clinical risk?

1 September 2018 | | ENT
The first Professor and Chair of Medical Professionalism at RCSI and BSHS, Dubhfeasa Slattery provides an overview of how a desire for better healthcare at all levels can be harnessed and nourished, leading to a potential life-long interest in reducing...

Joint Meeting ENT Scotland and the North of England Otolaryngology Society

9 May 2019 -10 May 2019
ENT Scotland Perspective Author: Michael Hopkins, Specialty Registrar in ENT, NHS Lothian, Scotland. May 2019 brought about the first joint meeting between the Scottish and North of England ENT societies in over 30 years. Held in the Royal College of...

The James Lind Alliance – involving patients and their health professionals jointly in setting priorities for research

1 January 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, ENT
In a world of patient-reported outcomes and patient-centred care, patient-centred research must also be considered. That is where the James Lind Alliance (JLA) comes in, as Caroline Whiting explains below. Through Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs), it allows patients, their carers...

Alternative listening devices: reaching the places hearing aids don’t

1 March 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
The stigma surrounding hearing aids means that many people who would benefit from wearing them are put off from doing so. Alternative listening devices could provide the solution to this. David Maidment discusses these devices, their effectiveness and the impact...

Unanswered questions in adult ototoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy

1 July 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Tinnitus
Do the potential side-effects on hearing and tinnitus need to be a ‘necessary evil’ of platinum-based chemotherapy? How strong is our evidence base when offering advice to patients and fellow clinicians? David Baguley and his team from the University of...

BSHAA calls on Public Health England to raise the profile of hearing

21 June 2018
Society presses for national campaign as NICE publishes new guidance “Hearing must no longer be consigned to the margins of care” BSHAA, the professional body for independent audiologists in the UK, has urged Public Health England to raise the profile...

Audiology in this issue...Hyperacusis (Jan/Feb19)

1 January 2019
Audiologists, otologists, and auditory neuroscientists are accustomed to dealing with problems of hearing loss but, until recently, little attention has been given to the experience of hearing sound too intensely. This experience is variously given the names hyperacusis, and reduced or decreased sound tolerance, and the affected individual finds everyday sound intensely and excruciatingly loud, rendering workplaces, shops, and social spaces intolerable.

National ENT Audit Day 2018

23 November 2018 | ENT
Report by Gemma Wilson, ENT ST6 East Midlands. Many of us in training are familiar with the requirement for regular audit to progress through the Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) process smoothly. Whilst I see the value in a...

Knowledge is power: the power of mobile technologies to enhance hearing-related knowledge

1 March 2017 | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
In recent years, the widespread use of smartphones has made it increasingly possible to improve knowledge, understanding and delivery of hearing healthcare. Melanie Ferguson tells us about the advances in mobile-health applications. Think back to five years ago - what...

Audiology research: opportunities, career progression and leadership

1 September 2019 | | Audiology - Adult
A career in research can, at first glance, seem far removed from the clinical world of audiology but is that really the case? In this article Melanie Ferguson explains the role of translational research in bridging this gap, as well...