Prof Mashudu Tshifularo, Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat studies, ENT) at the University of Pretoria who pioneered the world's first middle ear transplant using 3D ...

Surgeons from the University of Kentucky in USA, University of Nairobi and Nakuru County conducted an Ossicular chain reconstruction surgery to a patient at Rift valley Provincial General Hospital ...

The translabyrinthine approach is an option for removing a benign ear tumor called an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma. Surgeons make an incision behind the ear and remove bone from the inner ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a tool routinely used to diagnose and plan treatment for eye diseases, has now been modified to collect images of the inner ear.

Chronic otitis media (chronic ear infection) occurs when fluid behind your eardrum becomes infected and does not go away with antibiotics. Unlike swimmer’s ear that affects the external ear canal, a ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a tool routinely used to diagnose and plan treatment for eye diseases, has now been modified to collect images of the inner ear. A proof-of-concept study led by ...