Cochlear implant surgery live tweeting of surgery

A live tweet of cochlear implant surgery from @swedish a hospital in Seattle USA

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/10/01/hospital-to-perform-first-live-tweetedinstagrammed-hearing-restoration-surgery/

Dentist should be checking for oral cancer

News item covering that dentists should be carrying out oral cancer screening at a routine check up. Although many already do

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19714151

Do painkillers causes deafness

Link to NHS Choices - behind the headlines review of this story
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/09September/Pages/Painkiller-deafness-fears.aspx

Possible 'cure' for deafness

Reported here by the BBC and study published in Nature. Stem cell treatment for cochlear nerve damage. early stages as the Gerbils were only followed up for 10 days. Interesting area for further research.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024

Sound a major emotional driver for humans?

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/07/160766898/sound-a-major-emotional-driver-for-humans?ft=1&f=1007

Whooping Cough

Article which looks at the causes of the current whooping cough outbreak in USA. Similar rise occuring in the UK.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/09/why_babies_are_dying_of_whooping_cough_.html

Gene therapy restores sense of smell in mice

Research on cilia for congential ansomia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19409154

What its like for a deaf person to hear music for the first time

What its like for a deaf person to hear music for the first time via the atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/12/08/what-its-like-for-a-deaf-person-to-hear-music-for-the-first-time/260890/

Ear Candling - mythbusting

An evidence based review of ear candling
http://www.ebm-first.com/ear-candling.html

Gel vocal cords

Article on BBC Website about research into artifical gel vocal cords
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19322304

Tinnitus Relief: Therapy Mix Helps Ringing in Ears

Tinnitus Relief: Therapy Mix Helps Ringing in Ears

We Are Having an Epidemic of Tonsillectomies | Mother Jones

We Are Having an Epidemic of Tonsillectomies | Mother Jones

"I'm proud of you," deaf man signs to Obama in ASL. "Thank you," president signs back. - Boing Boing

"I'm proud of you," deaf man signs to Obama in ASL. "Thank you," president signs back. - Boing Boing

Whole again... the man left with half a head after fall | News

Whole again... the man left with half a head after fall | News

Shows the effect of integrated services.

Anotomical Knit Hood Series � Ben Cuevas

Anotomical Knit Hood Series � Ben Cuevas

Pork: The Cure for a Nosebleed

Pork: The Cure for a Nosebleed

My Visit to the ENT-2.mov - YouTube

My Visit to the ENT-2.mov - YouTube

A doctor responds to Seth Roberts' guest post about tonsillectomy - Boing Boing

A doctor responds to Seth Roberts' guest post about tonsillectomy - Boing Boing

Throat spray to help detect cancer | News | Nursing Times

Throat spray to help detect cancer News Nursing Times

It will be interesting to read the full paper as it may have an application for oral and pharngeal cancer

FYI: What's the Point of Nose Hair? | Popular Science

FYI: What's the Point of Nose Hair? | Popular Science