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Otorhinolaryngology in Modern Healthcare: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives
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Otorhinolaryngology in Modern Healthcare: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Care".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 1339

Editor

Dr. Ljiljana Čvorović

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Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Interests: otology; audiology; rhinology; ENT; hearing disorders; tinnitus; pediatric otolaryngology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue entitled “Otorhinolaryngology in Modern Healthcare: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives” in the journal Healthcare. Otorhinolaryngology plays a central role in modern healthcare, addressing disorders that profoundly influence communication, balance, breathing, swallowing, and sensory integration, thereby shaping overall quality of life across all age groups. Rapid technological progress, evolving diagnostic strategies, and changing healthcare delivery models have reshaped clinical practice and research priorities within the field.

This Special Issue aims to provide an integrative overview of contemporary otorhinolaryngology, highlighting both recent advances and current challenges within the broader context of healthcare systems. The topic aligns closely with the scope of Healthcare by emphasizing clinically relevant, translational, and patient-centered perspectives that support evidence-based practice and interdisciplinary collaboration. In this Special Issue, original research articles and review papers are welcome, with particular encouragement for high-quality narrative reviews that synthesize current evidence, clinical experience, and emerging concepts. Suggested themes include, but are not limited to, otology and neurotology, rhinology, pediatric otorhinolaryngology, head and neck disorders, hearing and balance rehabilitation, diagnostic innovations, and future perspectives in ENT healthcare.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ljiljana Čvorović
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • otorhinolaryngology
  • ENT healthcare
  • hearing and balance disorders
  • airway and breathing disorders
  • clinical and translational research
  • diagnostic and therapeutic advances
  • quality of life

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Hearing Loss and Dementia: Risk Factor, Early Marker, or Both?
by Ljiljana Cvorovic, Ana Jotic, Bojana Bukurov, Saša Jakovljevic, Simona Aleksic and Katarina Jovanovic
Healthcare 2026, 14(12), 1687; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14121687 - 12 Jun 2026
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Background/Objectives: Hearing loss and dementia are highly prevalent conditions in older adults and represent a growing public health challenge. Over the past decade, a substantial body of epidemiological evidence has demonstrated a consistent association between age-related hearing loss and cognitive dysfunction, including incident [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Hearing loss and dementia are highly prevalent conditions in older adults and represent a growing public health challenge. Over the past decade, a substantial body of epidemiological evidence has demonstrated a consistent association between age-related hearing loss and cognitive dysfunction, including incident dementia. However, the nature of this relationship remains incompletely understood. Methods: This narrative review provides a structured overview of current evidence, focusing on epidemiological findings, mechanistic pathways, and clinical implications. Hearing loss has been associated with both accelerated cognitive decline and increased dementia risk, with a clear severity–impact relationship. Results: Several interacting mechanisms have been proposed, including increased cognitive load, structural and functional brain changes, social isolation, and shared vascular and metabolic risk factors. Emerging concepts such as the “auditory brain” and central auditory dysfunction further suggest that hearing impairment may also represent an early manifestation of neurodegenerative processes. Intervention studies have yielded mixed results. While hearing rehabilitation improves communication and quality of life, randomized evidence has not consistently demonstrated a reduction in cognitive decline in the general population, but potential benefits may exist in higher-risk subgroups. Increasing attention has been directed toward the role of neuroplasticity, with evidence suggesting that delayed intervention may limit the effectiveness of rehabilitation due to long-standing auditory deprivation. Conclusions: Taken together, current evidence suggests that hearing loss may represent both a potentially modifiable risk factor and an early marker of cognitive decline. Early identification and timely management of hearing impairment may therefore play an important role in maintaining cognitive and brain health and improving quality of life in older adults. Full article
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