“Off the beaten track” ENT conditions and Matthew Yung Short Papers Prize

Dr Pádraig Kitterick is an associate professor and head of hearing sciences in the division of clinical neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham. He and his team conduct research on severe to profound hearing loss in children and adults, with a particular interest in asymmetric hearing losses and the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of various interventions to restore binaural hearing. Dr Kitterick’s recent research has assessed the benefits of cochlear implantation in adults with single-sided deafness, and the combined use of hearing aids and cochlear implants in adults with bilateral hearing loss. His team’s ongoing work is focussed on examining the relative benefits of different management options for children with unilateral hearing loss, identifying the factors that contribute to fatigue in that patient group, and developing a core outcome set for clinical trials of interventions for single-sided deafness.

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Arthur Henderson is a post CCT fellow in otology currently training at St Paul’s Hospital Vancouver under professor Brian Westerberg.

He is due to take up a military consultant post at the Royal United Hospitals in Bath on his return. As a Royal Navy Medical Officer he deployed with HMS Ark Royal and HMS Ocean along with Harrier 1(F) squadron and 814 NAS Merlin helicopters. He also spent time with the Fleet diving group as a diving medical officer, working as an instructor at the submarine escape training tank and as a member of the submarine parachute assistance group. Having undertaken further training in occupational medicine he advises both the military and the HSE on Ear, nose and throat (ENT) issues pertaining to diving. Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Arthur Henderson qualified with distinction from Guy’s King’s and St Thomas’ Medical school, completed a master’s degree with distinction in Leadership whilst undertaking his higher surgical training in the Severn region and received the Royal Society of Medicine Gold medal in 2019.

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Arthur Henderson has a subspecialist interest in occupational disease related to ENT.

Professor Per Caye-Thomasen is an otologist, neuro-otologist, ear and senior skull base surgeon, senior cochlear implant surgeon. Professor in otology and neurotology at the University of Copenhagen. Extensive surgical experience within the field (+20 years), and extensive experience in basic and clinical research related to hearing and balance (+190 peer-reviewed papers). President of the Danish Society of Oto-rhino- laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Past-president, The European Academy of Otology and Neurotology. President-elect, The European Confederation of ORL Societies (CE-ORL HNS). Board member, The Politzer Society. European Secretary, IFOS Executive Board.