Patients with a vestibular schwannoma and good hearing are often advised to observe the tumour. A strategy of watchful waiting with follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is then suggested. This option is considered in the light that a number of vestibular schwannomas, when discovered, may not grow. An intervention at this stage, especially with larger

I was recently privileged to attend a most prestigious window approach workshop cochlear implantation course in Poland. Window in this context refers to the round window membrane of the inner ear although it can also be seen in a philosophical way as a window of opportunity to preserve residual hearing. This 30th workshop was again

Meniere’s disease (MD) may well be caused by middle ear muscles behaving badly. This debilitating inner ear disease is characterized by episodes of vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus and ear fullness of which the trigger is still unknown. The concept of endolymphatic hydrops (raise in the fluid pressure of the inner ear) is commonly accepted to be