Otitis externa and swimmers ear will affect many patients in South Africa this year! With the winter approaching a lot of people are planning a holiday or breakaway weekend at a resort with mineral baths and hot springs. This is can be very nice but be aware of ear infection. Hot springs have some of
The 16th Cape Temporal Bone Course is the oldest annual temporal bone course in South Africa. It will again take place from 31 March 2016 to 2 April 2016. Under the experienced leadership of Professor James Loock, Head of the Department of ENT, University of Stellenbosch, participants will have the opportunity to learn from international
Single sided deafness or unilateral hearing loss is the situation where a patient has normal hearing in one ear and deafness in the other ear. Deafness is defined as hearing loss of such a severity that a patient cannot benefit with a conventional hearing aid (non serviceable). It is estimated that 60 000 patients are
7 February is National Black HIV/AIDS awareness day. HIV and ear conditions may lead to impairment in quality of life. It may even be life threatening. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a worldwide pandemic that affects the lives of millions of people. There are 37 million people in the
Sudden deafness or sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is a distressful condition and should be managed as a medical emergency. Patients who experience this must not wait to see the doctor or blame it on some other condition such as a cold or earwax. The reason for this is that only one third of patients