Biography
Mrs Hala Kanona
Mrs Hala Kanona is a leading Consultant Otologist and Auditory Implant Surgeon at The Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, University College London Hospitals. She sub-specialises in the field of Otology (hearing and balance disorders) and Auditory implantation.
She undertook Higher Surgical Training in prestigious centres such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Royal London Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust) and the Royal National ENT Hospital (UCLH). She was awarded the Advanced Otology and Auditory Implant Fellowship where she works and obtained the CWJ Fellowship Grant to visit the illustrious Radbound University Centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Mrs Kanona is passionate about hearing restoration and complex ear surgery and provides the full spectrum of care for patients suffering with hearing loss, ear discharge, dizziness/balance issues, tinnitus and facial weakness. She is highly experienced and takes a kind and compassionate approach to her patients.
Her extensive experience has been sought both nationally and internationally where she lectures within her field at courses and conferences and teaches as faculty at Temporal bone dissection courses in the UK and Denmark. She also leads and runs an Advanced Otology and Auditory Implants Course for junior Consultants at the Royal National ENT Hospital (UCLH), which is the first of its kind. She serves as a Medical Advisor for Facial Palsy UK and is a core member of the Facial Function multidisciplinary team.
Mrs Kanona is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), a member of the British Society of Otology and British Cochlear Implant Group. She takes an active role in research concerning the fields of otology, neuro-otology and auditory implantation with over 30 peer reviewed publications and is co-author chapters in 3 ENT textbooks. She is a reviewer for the Journal of Laryngology and Otology and The Journal of International Advanced Otology and regularly reviews textbooks for the ENT and Audiology News Journal.
Professional awards
- 2022 British Cochlear Implant Group Award, Cardiff
- 2020 CWJ Foundation Fellowship to Nijmegen
- 2020 British Cochlear Implant Group Award, Nottingham
- 2019 RAF Prize, Otolaryngology Travelling Club, London
Memberships
- The Royal College of Surgeons, England
- ENT UK, The British Society of Otology
- British Cochlear Implant Group
- Facial Palsy UK
Publications
The Utility of Contrast-Enhanced 3D-Real Inversion Recovery Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Endolymphatic Hydrops- A Retrospective Study of a Newly Implemented Clinical Service at a Tertiary Centre.
Abdulla J, Abbas Y, Otero S, Morley S, Jawad S, Agrup C, Kanona H. J Int Adv Otolo 2025; 21: 1-6, DOI: 10.5152/iao.2025.241584
Concept Recognition and Characterization of Patients Undergoing Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma Using Natural Language Processing.
Williams S, Noor K, Sinha S, Dobson R, Searle T, Funnell J, Hanrahan J, Muirhead W, Kitchen N, Kanona H, Khalil S, Saeed S, Marcus H, Grover P. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786738
Evaluation of the Patient with Facial Palsy: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Kanona H, Saeed SR, Randhawa P, Kimber R, Rodger A, Khalil S, Andrews P. Facial Plast Surg. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1779046.
Migration and other electrode complications following cochlear implantation.
Magos T, Kanona H, Morley S, Khalil S, Shaida A. Cochlear Implants Int. 2024 Feb 21:1-9. doi: 10.1080/14670100.2024.2318838
Skull Base Repair following Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma: A Systematic Review (Part 2: The Translabyrinthine Approach).
Starup-Hansen J, Williams S, Valetopoulou A, Khan D, Horsfall H, Moudgil-Joshi J, Burton O, Kanona H, Saeed S, Muirhead W, Marcus H, Grover P. Journal of Neurological Surgery DOI: 10.1055/a-2222-0016
Recurrent Swelling in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Patients.
Shaida Z, Magos T, Kanona H, Shaida A. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jun 1;44(5):e300-e304. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003881.
Systematic review of the diagnosis and management of necrotising otitis externa: Highlighting the need for high-quality research.
Takata J, Hopkins M, Alexander V, Bannister O, Dalton L, Harrison L, Groves E, Kanona H, Jones GL, Mohammed H, Andersson MI, Hodgson SH.. Clin Otolaryngol. 2023 May;48(3):381-394. doi: 10.1111/coa.14041. Epub 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 36759416.
Does calcification of the vestibule represent a neuroradiological marker for congenital cytomegalovirus?– A retrospective case series and proposed novel inner ear classification system.
Kanona H, Jawad S, Hare J, Mehta N, Manjaly J, Khalil S, Shaida A, Lavy J, Saeed. Audiology and Neurotology doi.org/10.1159/000526119
Cochlear implant performance in patients with Meniere’s disease and proposed evidence-based protocol for management
Kanona H, Forde C, Keating P, Van Rooyen, Bradley J, Mehta N, Manjaly J, Lavy J, Khalil S, Saeed S, Shaida A. Cochlear Implants Int 2022 Sep 1:1-8. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36050279 DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2022.2112998
UK consensus definitions for necrotising otitis externa: a Delphi study.
Hodgson SH, Khan MM, Patrick-Smith M, Martinez-Devesa P, Stapleton E, Williams OM, Pretorius P, McNally M, Andersson MI; UK NOE Collaborative. BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 20;13(2):e061349. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061349.
Safety of Otological Operating During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Prospective Audit of 1130 Cases from 79 Centers.
Warner E, Ghedia R, Alatsationos A, Lloyd S, Rea P, Kay Seymour FK, Juniors BAB; BSO Study Group. J Int Adv Otol. 2022 Jul;18(4):347-357. doi: 10.5152/iao.2022.21482. PMID: 35894532; PMCID: PMC9714000.
Hairy Polyp of the Nasal Vestibule
Oluyori A, Kanona H, Jonathan J, Jay A. BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jun 11;14(6):e242554
A large case series of temporal bone fractures at a UK major trauma centre with an evidence-based management protocol.
Kanona H, Anderson C, Lambert A, Al-Abdulwahed R, O’Byrne L, Vakharia N, Motter D, Offiah C, Adams A, Wareing M, Seymour K, J Laryngol Otol. 2020 Mar 134;(3) 205-21
What is the Standard Practice amongst UK Otolaryngologists using C02 Transoral LASER Surgery (TOLS) for lesions in the Upper Aerodigestive Tract? A UK National Survey.
Kanona H, Farrell R, Oswal V, Tatla T. J Otol Rhinol. 2018 Nov;7 (6) doi: 10.4172/2324-8785.1000359
Computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging in paediatric cochlear implant assessment: a pilot study and our experience at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Kanona H, Stephenson, Rajput, D’Arco, Boi, Cochrane, Jephson. J Laryngol Otol. 2018 Jun;132(6):529-533
Impact of the method and success of pharyngeal reconstruction on the outcome of treating laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers with pharyngolaryngectomy: A National Analysis.
Nouraei,R, Dias A, Kanona H, Vokes, O’Flynn, Clarke P. Middleton, Darzi, Aylin, Jallali. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery 2017;70:628-38
The Importance of a Dedicated Neuroradiologist when Reporting High Resolution Computer Tomography (HRCT) for Otosclerosis: A Retrospective Comparison Study of forty patients.
Kanona H, Rana I, Offiah C, Patel N. J Laryngol Otol. 2017 Mar;131(6):492-496
Latest trends in the assessment and management of paediatric snoring and sleep apnoea.
Sharma S, Kanona H, Kumar G, Kotecha B. J Laryngo Otol. 2016 May;130(5):482-9
An approach to revision stapes surgery and our outcomes from 49 procedures at a UK tertiary centre.
Kanona H, Bhutta MF, Lavy J. Clin Otolaryngol 2016 42(4):931-935
National prospective cohort study of peritonsillar abscess management and outcomes: the Multicentre Audit of Quinsies study
Site Lead (collaborator) published eJLO http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27282632
Ultrasound guided assessment of thyroid nodules based on the 2014 British Thyroid Association Guidelines for the Management of Thyroid cancer - How we do it.
Kanona H, Virk, J, Offiah C, Stimpson, Clin Otolaryngol 2016;42(3):723-727
Deep Neck Space Infections: Presentation, Epidemiology and Management.
Kanona H, Beasley N, Stimpson P. ENT Masterclass Journal. 2016; 8:111-117
Non-invasive Assessment and Symptomatic Improvement of the Obstructed Nose (NASION): a physiology-based patient- centred approach to treatment selection and outcomes assessment in nasal obstruction.
Nouraei R, Virk J, Kanona H, Zatonski M, Kouray E, Chatrath P. Clin Otolaryngol 2016;41:327-40
Pulse Oximetry- a necessary investigation?
Kanona H, Sharma S, Chaidas K, Kotecha B J Laryngol Otol. 2015 Sep;129(9):874-81.
Endotracheal positioning in neck extension during thyroidectomy.
Sharma S, Kumar G, Kanona H, Jovaisa T, Kaddour H. J Laryngo Otol 2015 Oct;129(10):996-9
Bilateral Warthins Tumour-it runs in the family.
Kanona H, Kumar G, Kaddour H. MOJ Clin Med Case Rep 2015. 2(5): 00034
Endoscopic ear surgery- a pilot study and first UK experience.
Kanona H, Virk J, Kumar, G, Chawda S, Owa A. World J Clin Cases. 2015;3(3):310-317
Midline Neck Abscess: an important and rare presentation in a patient with TB thyroiditis.
Kanona H, Virk J, Kaddour H. Edorium J Otolaryngol, 2015;2;1-4.
A rare stapes abnormality.
Kanona H, Virk J, Khalil S. Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2015:387642 doi 10.1155/2015/38764
Lymphatic Malformations.
Alvi S, Kanona H, Penney S, Rothera M, Bruce IA. The Otorhinolaryngologist. 2014;7(2)95-99
Double impingement of the rotator cuff- an unusual presentation of dual osteochondromas.
Pimpalnerker A, Anand A, Thimmegowda A, Mehr A, Kanona H. Eur Orthop Traumatol 2013;4:169-171
Stump Appendicitis: a review.
Kanona H, Al-Samaree A, Nice C, Bhattacharya V, International Journal of Surgery, Vol 10:425-428 2012 (27 Jul)
Homonymous left hemianopia secondary to traumatic extracranial vertebral artery dissection.
Kanona H, Tuboku-Metzger V, Wahab K, Clinical Medicine Journal, Vol 6: 623-4 2011 (6 Dec)