ENT cases: implantable devices for hearing loss
9th March 2021
Overview
This session will cover some ear anatomy and basic audiometry as well as the hearing implants in use in the UK. We will also look at some clinical scenarios and which hearing implants may be suitable for different patients.
Panellists
Mr Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones has been a consultant ENT surgeon in Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee since 2006. He has a special interest in otology and hearing implantation and is part of the skull base surgery team. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, Undergraduate Teaching Lead for ENT, one of the Associate Directors of Medical Education for NHS Tayside, with responsibility for many of the surgical specialties and a regional surgical adviser for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for the Scotland (East) region.
Ms Emma Stapleton
Emma is a Consultant Otolaryngologist and Skull Base Surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Salford Royal Hospital, and RCSEd Regional Surgical Adviser for the North West. She is also a member of the RCSEd’s committee of Younger Fellows. Her clinical role and research interests include cochlear implantation, complex otology, lateral skull base surgery, NF2 and balance. She is a member of one of the busiest skull base teams in the UK, and also enjoys editing roles at ENT UK and ENT and Audiology News magazine. She is Honorary Secretary of the North of England Otolaryngology Society, leading a current drive to increase and enhance student and trainee involvement in the Society. She is Consultant lead for a national mentorship scheme in ENT. She is heavily involved in teaching locally, nationally and internationally, and is delighted to have the opportunity to deliver this RCSEd webinar on cranial nerve palsies.
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