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Sanibel Supply goes Global with EarWays Medical

14 January 2021 | Research & Development, Contracts & Distributors
Sanibel Supply has partnered with EARWAYS Medical for global distribution of EarWay Pro, a safe, efficient, and simple tool for cerumen removal.

Listening effort and speech perception performance

1 September 2019 | | Auditory Implants | Hearing Performance, Just Understanding Speech Test, Listening Effort, Normal Hearing, Performance Perceptual Test, Roving Level Test, Sound Quality
Capturing speech perception performance in noisy listening environments is a key part in validating any hearing instrument. Traditionally audiologists have always measured this performance in noisy environments by looking at thresholds, i.e. speech reception thresholds or signal to noise ratios....

The sleep nasendoscopy learning curve

1 July 2017 | | DISE, Drug-induced sedation endoscopy, Obstructive sleep apnea hypoapnea syndrome, Sleep disordered breathing, Sleep endoscopy, VOTE classification
There seems to be no accepted way of surgically assessing patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB). Because of this, clinicians fall roughly into three camps: those who just use one operation for all patients, those who have given up surgery...

Leadership and maximising resources: the view from Brazil and Venezuela

1 September 2019 | | ENT
Norma de Oliveira Penido, Priscila Bogar from Brazil and Sajidxa Mariño from Venezuela, leaders in otolaryngology, discuss their career journeys, the advantages and disadvantages they exerienced along the way, and the current state of ENT practice for women in South...

In conversation with Joana Araújo – Chair of the ESPO Junior Board

10 February 2021 | | ENT
In the lead-up to the ESPO (European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology) Virtual Conference on 20 Feb 2021, Ray Clarke (President, ESPO 2023) interviewed Joana Araújo (Chair, ESPO Juniors Board) to find out a bit more about ESPO Juniors and their...

2020 Unmasked: The unmasking of a masked society - By Rele Ologunde

2 April 2021 | | COVID-19
The year 2020 will be embossed in the archives of history and be remembered like none other before it. The dialogue will largely be centred upon the COVID-19 pandemic, the varied response to it by governments across the world and...

XIIIth Meeting of the International Society of the History of Otorhinolaryngology

26 September 2019 -28 September 2019
Report by John Riddington Young, retired ENT surgeon The 13th Working Meeting of the International Society of the History of Otorhinolaryngology was an outstanding success. It was held in Bad Lippspringe, right in the centre of Germany and hosted by...

The Medical Art Society

1 July 2018 | | ENT
Historian, sculptor and general polymath Neil Weir neatly demonstrates the strong links between our speciality and the creative arts, along with his colleague from the Medical Art Society, Jeanette Cayley. At a summer meeting of the British Medical Association in...

Barriers to cochlear implantation in low resource settings

9 September 2020 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants
The benefits of early detection and rehabilitation of hearing loss in children, especially through cochlear implantation, are unequivocal. However, access to these valuable resources is far from equal and universal. Identifying the barriers is the first major step in addressing...

BACO – the early years

1 March 2015 | | ENT
The origins of the British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) are indelibly intertwined in the mists of time with the foundation of the British Association of Otolaryngology (BAO). For further information on the latter I can only refer the interested...

A brief history of adenoidectomy - a glowing report of the post nasal space

12 November 2019 | | ENT
The traditional adenoid curette more closely resembles a medieval torture device than an instrument of cure. Therefore it is not much of a surprise to learn that it has changed little since its invention almost 150 years ago. During that...

Churchill, Stephen Poliakoff’s dad and a KGB-bugged hearing aid

9 March 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Winston Churchill was prime minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions: firstly from 1940 to 1945 and then from 1951 to 1955. He was famed for his acute wit, insight and leadership qualities that helped him navigate the British...