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Endoscopic stapes surgery

14 April 2021 | | ENT, Otology
Traditionally middle ear surgery, including stapes surgery, has been performed using the operating microscope. In this article the authors describe their experience with endoscopic middle surgery and share some of its advantages. Trans-canal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is now a...

Have we reached our limits in endoscopic skull base surgery?

1 November 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery
As being an anterior skull base surgeon becomes the aspiration of many ENT trainees, Professor Nicolai gives his personal insights into the future for this exciting subspeciality. Having been directly involved in the evolution of transnasal endscopic surgery (TES) since...

The role of public health in addressing age-related hearing loss

1 November 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Prevention and treatment of hearing loss needs to be viewed through a public health lens, but what does that look like? Kelly Reavis and colleagues explain the steps to addressing hearing healthcare from a public health perspective and why this...

Northern ENT ST3 Bootcamp 2022

1 November 2022 -2 November 2022
Delegates performing paediatric tracheostomies under consultant supervision. The Northern ENT ST3 Bootcamp got the training year off to an exciting start for the next generation of ENT registrars. The Bridge Community Church in Leeds hosted delegates for two days (1-2...

Endoscopic ear surgery in children

1 May 2016 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT, Otology
The benefits of endoscopes in otologic surgery, which have become increasingly widely appreciated in recent years, are very well suited to the management of paediatric middle ear disease. Although one might imagine that the smaller ear canal of a child...

Airway stenting in paediatric ENT

1 May 2017 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Although experience in the use of airway stents in adults is considerable, their use in children is more recent and more limited. Cláudia Schweiger and Michael J Rutter provide an overview of stents and their use in paediatric airway. Stenting...

Semi implantable bone conduction devices: challenges and developments

6 June 2017 | | Auditory Implants, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Adult, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Bone conduction mechanisms and history of bone conduction aids Bone conduction hearing devices work by stimulating hair cells via the bone conduction hearing pathways. These pathways are less well understood than the air conduction pathways, but recent research has shown...

Plasticity with cochlear implants: individual factors in the outcomes

1 May 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Otology
Andrej Kral gives us an overview of neuronal plasticity in congenital hearing loss, and discusses why it is core to our clinical interventions in hearing loss and rehabilitation. The brain is born immature and undergoes extensive shaping during early development....

Open septorhinoplasty approach for closure of medium sized septal perforations

1 May 2015 | | Rhinology / Sinus
Septal perforations are difficult problems to treat. There are various causes described in literature such as trauma, inflammatory, cocaine abuse but most often they are due to iatrogenic cause (such as septoplasty) or due to trauma. The symptoms due to...

SCOTLAND preoperative tympanomastoid CT temporal bone mnemonic system

2 November 2020 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Imaging
Learning how to interpret a CT scan of the temporal bones can be a daunting task, especially for a head and neck surgeon like me! However, to make life easier, the authors have devised a useful system to help cover...

Cochlear implants and therapeutics: a natural partnership?

2 September 2022 | | ENT, Auditory Implants
Global awareness of cochlear implants as a solution for hearing loss is slowly increasing and gaining acceptance. The potential for combining cochlear implants with inner ear therapeutics is immense, with promise in several areas. This article takes us on a...

Cell therapies for hearing loss

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Cell therapies could offer a way to repair damage to the auditory system and reverse many types of hearing loss. This article looks at the progress being made.