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Hearing Health Showcase

9 October 2019
Report by: Melanie Lough (Research Audiologist, University of Manchester) The Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Hearing Health Showcase was somewhat of a joint celebration, with 2019 marking the 100-year anniversary of audiology and deaf education. The day began with introductions...

17th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

17 March 2022 -19 March 2022 | ENT, Otology, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Facial Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Auditory Implants, Neurotology, Rhinology / Sinus, Rhinoplasty, Paediatric ENT, Head and Neck, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
Finally, after a long COVID-19 hiatus, it was refreshing to witness over 1000 attendees from across the globe engaging with the experts at the 17th Annual meeting of the Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery (ME-AOHNS), one of the largest ENT gatherings in the Middle East region.

BLA/UEP Inaugural Joint Meeting

14 September 2023 | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Matthew Cherko, Consultant Laryngologist, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. It was a historic day when the highly anticipated inaugural joint meeting between the British Laryngological Association (BLA) and the Union of the European Phoniatricians (UEP) took place in London. In a...
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Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders and Pacific Islander Ear Care Manual

3 November 2022 | | Otology, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
I was delighted to review this manual, having had the previous privilege of joining its lead author, Professor Harvey Coates, in one of his indigenous ear health clinics just outside Perth, Western Australia. Prof Coates has worked with a broad...

Middle ear muscle disorders: presentation, diagnosis and management

1 March 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Patients often report symptoms relating to disorders of the middle ear muscles. Prof Bance gives us an overview of the anatomy and function, as well as guides our diagnosis and management. The middle ear muscles (MEMs) are a mystery, both...

Impact of outer ear problems in Northern Ethiopia: experiences of a global outreach clinic

2 March 2022 | | ENT, Audiology - Adult, Otology
Outer ear disease is one of the commonest reasons for attending the ENT clinic in Ethiopia, just as in the UK. Very little has been published on the experiences of ENT clinics in Ethiopia. Here Yilkal Tassew, Seid Temam and...

A surgeon’s perspective on the challenges facing cochlear implantation in children

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Cochlear implantation in children offers a different set of challenges and goals to adult practice. In this article, Iain Bruce, Professor of Paediatric Otolaryngology in Manchester, UK, explains some of the current clinical and research challenges in paediatric cochlear implantation,...

The role of the maxillo-facial surgeon in the management of skull base malignancy

1 June 2014 | | Maxillofacial Surgery, Skull Base Surgery
Whilst ablative surgery remains the principal treatment option for head and neck malignancy, the skull base is the last frontier. The complex anatomy, supreme functionality of the brain, and varied pathology provokes many a detailed discussion in the multidisciplinary team...

In conversation with Professor Wolfgang Pirsig

1 September 2015 | | ENT
Professor Wolfgang Pirsig is a key figure in the field of ENT history and is known for his fascinating discoveries of ENT features in art and historical objects. He kindly agreed to be interviewed for this special history focus by...

Temporal bone trauma

1 July 2014 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery
Introduction Temporal bone injuries represent one of the more complex management problems presenting to the otolaryngologist. This is largely due to difficulties in assessment and the frequent delays in referral, often as a result of other injuries demanding more immediate...

The PMFA Journal - December/January 2019 issue available

10 December 2018 | Research & Development
FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE: Life after medicine by Andrew Burd. / The creation of PlayDoh® models as an educational tool for teaching anatomy of the eyelid by Maria De Bono Agius, Roth M Manners, Fiona R Jazayeri, Christina V Miller and Sally M Webber. AND MUCH MORE...

Rapid genetic testing to avoid hearing loss in neonates

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology
Thousands of newborn babies could avoid a lifetime of hearing loss thanks to a new rapid genetic test. In this article, we learn how. We have demonstrated for the first time that a rapid genetic test from a cheek swab...