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Silent crisis: the exodus of hearing healthcare professionals from the Philippines

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The migration of Filipino audiologists and otolaryngologists abroad is worsening the shortage of hearing specialists. Improving local conditions is vital to retaining talent. As ear and hearing healthcare professionals practising in the Philippines, we have seen the struggle in keeping...

Celebrating 25 years of the UST Audiology Program: a landmark audiology school in the Philippines

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
From pioneering roots to global recognition, UST’s Audiology Program has shaped hearing healthcare in the Philippines for 25 years – and is still evolving. A quarter century of excellence in audiology education Marking its silver anniversary in 2024, the University...

68th Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

6 December 2024 -8 December 2024 | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The world of otolaryngology head and neck surgery continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and nowhere was this more evident than at the 68th Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (PSO-HNS), held from December 6 to 8, 2024, at the gleaming halls of EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Manila, Philippines.

Audiology support for Philippine call centre employees

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Call centre employees face unique challenges that impact their hearing health. BPO companies are implementing initiatives in the Philippines to safeguard their auditory wellbeing. The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines is a dynamic and rapidly growing sector....

From the editor Nov/Dec 2024

6 November 2024
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTW / X: @Voicedoctor_uk Never let it be said that we don’t provide a broad range of topics for you to digest. For...

Hearing International Annual Meeting 2023

31 October 2023 -1 November 2023
Zhang Juan, MD, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Physician, Associate Director of the Hearing Center and Associate Director of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Department of Affiliated Beijing Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University, China. The prestigious Hearing International Annual Meeting...

Why one should not be seduced into organising a conference

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Having enjoyed yourself at so many meetings, it may strike you or be suggested to you by ‘friends’, that it would be a good idea to organise an international conference. Think of the kudos, the fame, the financial gain for...

Public health planning for hearing impairment (2017)

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
In 2009 Professor Andrew Smith and Dr Daksha Patel identified the need for awareness of public health methods in hearing healthcare planning. In 2010 the first training course was held, and since then 760 health workers from 41 countries have...

OBITUARY: Professor Vittorio Colletti (1943–2024)

24 January 2024 |
After a long illness, Professor Vittorio Colletti, born in 1943, passed away on 2 January 2024 at the age of 80.

46th Congress Conventus Societas ORL Latina

14 March 2024 -16 March 2024
Assistant Professor Giulio Cesare Passali (left), Catholic University, Rome, Italy, and Professor Hesham Negm (right), Cairo University, Egypt. In the heart of Naples, a city renowned for its history, culture and scientific advancement, the 46th Congress of the Societas ORL...

A woman in a man’s world

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Being one of the few women professors of surgery in the world for most of my career inevitably led to some amusing situations. When I was first invited to the Middle East in the 1990s, I accepted primarily to see...

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...