Professor Brendan Conlon

Professor Brendan Conlon

CONSULTANT SURGEON LECTURER, School Office - Medicine


Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • D'Arcy, S., Hamilton, C., Hughes, S., Hall, D.A., Vanneste, S., Langguth, B., Conlon, B., Bi-modal stimulation in the treatment of tinnitus: A study protocol for an exploratory trial to optimise stimulation parameters and patient subtyping, BMJ Open, 7, (10), 2017Journal Article, 2017
  • Conlon B, Hamilton C, Hughes S, Meade E, Hall DA, Vanneste S, Langguth B, Lim HH., Noninvasive Bimodal Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Tinnitus: Protocol for a Second Large-Scale Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial to Optimize Stimulation Parameters, Journal of Medical Internet Research (Research Protocols), 8, (9), 2019, pe13176Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Conlon B, Langguth B, Hamilton C, Hughes S, Meade E, Connor CO, Schecklmann M, Hall DA, Vanneste S, Leong SL, Subramaniam T, D'Arcy S, Lim HH., Bimodal neuromodulation combining sound and tongue stimulation reduces tinnitus symptoms in a large randomized clinical study, Science translational medicine., 12, (564), 2020, p1 - 15Journal Article, 2020
  • Lang B, Hintze J, Conlon B., Coronavirus disease 2019 and sudden sensorineural hearing loss., Jounral of laryngology and Otology, 134, (11), 2020, p1026 - 1028Journal Article, 2020
  • Hamilton C, D'Arcy S, Pearlmutter BA, Crispino G, Lalor EC, Conlon BJ, An Investigation of Feasibility and Safety of Bi-Modal Stimulation for the Treatment of Tinnitus: An Open-Label Pilot Study, Neuromodulation, 19, (8), 2016, p832 - 837Journal Article, 2016
  • Oosthuizen JC, McShane D, Kinsella J, Conlon B., General practitioner ENT referral audit, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 184, (1), 2015, p143 - 146Journal Article, 2015
  • Cashman EC, Conlon B, Unravelling Menieres disease: an approach to diagnosis & management, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 102, (4), 2009, p101 - 102Journal Article, 2009
  • Wijaya C, Dias A, Conlon BJ., Superior semicircular canal occlusion-Transmastoid approach., International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 3, (2), 2012, p42 - 44Journal Article, 2012
  • Harney M, Walsh P, Conlon B, Hone S, Timon C., Parotid gland surgery: a retrospective review of 108 cases, Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 116, (4), 2002, p285 - 287Journal Article, 2002
  • Conlon BJ, Donnelly MJ, McShane DP., Tonsillitis, tonsillectomy and weight disturbance, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 42, (1), 1997, p17 - 23Journal Article, 1997
  • Thornton M, Rowley H, Conlon BJ, Russell JD., Type I laryngeal cleft: late presentation. J Laryngol Otol., Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 115, (10), 2001, p821 - 822Journal Article, 2001
  • Conlon B, Daly N, Temperely I, McShane D, ENT surgery in children with inherited bleeding disorders, Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 110, (10), 1996, p947 - 949Journal Article, 1996
  • O'Dwyer TP, Conlon BJ., The surgical management of drooling--a 15 year follow-up, Clinical Otolaryngology, 22, (3), 1997, p284 - 287Journal Article, 1997
  • Conlon BJ, Gibson WP, Electrocochleography in the diagnosis of Meniere's disease, Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 120, (4), 2000, p480 - 483Journal Article, 2000
  • Conlon BJ, Perry BP, Smith DW., Attenuation of neomycin ototoxicity by iron chelation., Laryngoscope, 108, (2), 1998, p284 - 287Journal Article, 1998
  • Conlon BJ, Smith DW, Topical aminoglycoside ototoxicity: attempting to protect the cochlea, Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 120, (5), 2000, p596 - 599Journal Article, 2000
  • Conlon BJ, Smith DW, Supplemental iron exacerbates aminoglycoside ototoxicity in vivo, Hearing Research, 115, (1-2), 1998, p1 - 5Journal Article, 1998
  • Mackle T, Conlon B., Foreign bodies of the nose and ears in children. Should these be managed in the accident and emergency setting?, International Journal of Paediatric Otolaryngology, 70, (3), 2006, p425 - 428Journal Article, 2006
  • Thornton MA, Conlon BJ, Timon C., How we did it: neopharyngeal stricture management with the nitinol stent in the laryngectomized patient: our disappointing results, Clinical Otolaryngology, 30, (4), 2005, p369 - 371Journal Article, 2005
  • Conlon BJ, O'Dwyer T., The G syndrome/Opitz oculo-genital-laryngeal syndrome/Opitz BBB/G syndrome/Opitz-Frias syndrome., Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 109, (3), 1995, p244 - 246Journal Article, 1995
  • Conlon BJ, Donnelly MJ, McShane DP, Improvements in health and behaviour following childhood tonsillectomy: a parental perspective at 1 year, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 41, (2), 1997, p155 - 161Journal Article, 1997
  • Skinner LJ, Conlon BJ, Russell JD, O'sullivan GC, O'dwyer TP, Detection of bone marrow micrometastases in the rib marrow of head and neck cancer patients: a prospective pilot study., European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 262, (2), 2005, p103 - 106Journal Article, 2005
  • O'Neill JP, Young O, Conlon B., Major otology day case surgery: viable, cost efficient and safe., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 180, (4), 2011, p841 - 844Journal Article, 2011
  • Timon CV, Toner M, Conlon BJ., Paratracheal lymph node involvement in advanced cancer of the larynx, hypopharynx, and cervical esophagus, Laryngoscope, 113, (9), 2003, p1595 - 1599Journal Article, 2003
  • Conlon BJ, Walsh M, McShane D, Corcoran N, Moriarty M, Healy JB, Fraser I, O'Dwyer TP, Cancer of the pyriform fossa: hyperfractionated radiotherapy as a primary treatment modality, Clinical Otolaryngology, 22, (4), 1997, p327 - 331Journal Article, 1997
  • Conlon BJ, Aran JM, Erre JP, Smith DW., Attenuation of aminoglycoside-induced cochlear damage with the metabolic antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid, Hearing Research, 128, (1-2), 1999, p40 - 44Journal Article, 1999
  • Conlon BJ, Gibson WP, Meniere's disease: the incidence of hydrops in the contralateral asymptomatic ear, Laryngoscope, 109, (11), 1999, p1800 - 1802Journal Article, 1999
  • Skinner LJ, Conlon BJ, Hegarty S, O'Dwyer TP., Ectopic ossification in the parotid gland, Revue de Laryngologie Otologie Rhinologie, 124, (4), 2003, p243 - 245Journal Article, 2003
  • Conlon BJ, Curran A, Timon CV., Suppurative complications of infective sinusitis, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 166, (3), 1997, p127 - 129Journal Article, 1997
  • Perry BP, McSwain SD, Conlon BJ, Smith DW, A comparison of efferent suppression of compound action potentials by simultaneous and non-simultaneous contralateral noise paradigms., Audiology, 38, (1), 1999, p1 - 6Journal Article, 1999
  • Conlon BJ, Curran A, Timon CV, Pitfalls in the determination of intracranial spread of complicated suppurative sinusitis, Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 110, (7), 1996, p673 - 675Journal Article, 1996
  • Conlon BJ, O'Dwyer TP, Thoraco-cervical fibromatosis: treatment of surgical excision, Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 111, (4), 1997, p385 - 386Journal Article, 1997
  • Shine NP, Lacy P, Conlon B, McShane D, Spontaneous retropharyngeal and cervical emphysema: a rare singer's injury, Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 84, (11), 2005, p726 - 727Journal Article, 2005
  • Stephen Hughes, Ross O'neill, Brendan Conlon, Caroline Hamilton, Shona D'Arcy, 'An apparatus and method for treating a neurological disorder of the auditory system,', TOMKINS & CO; 5 Dartmouth Road, Dublin, 6 (IE)., WO2017085227A1, 2016Patent, 2016, URL
  • Brendan Conlon, Bimodal Sensory Neuromodulation Treatment for Tinnitus; Evaluated in 326 Patients in a Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Chicago, October 10, 2018, Professor Hubert LimInvited Talk, 2018
  • Boyle S, Fitzgerald C, Conlon B, Vijendren A., A national survey of workplace-related musculoskeletal disorder and ergonomic practice amongst Irish otolaryngologists, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2021Journal Article, 2021
  • Subramaniam T, D'Arcy S, O'Neill R, Conlon B, Investigating New Methods in Recruiting Tinnitus Suffers For Clinical Trials, Irish Journal of Medical Science , Irish Otolaryngology Society, Lough Eske, Co Donegal , Oct 2016, 185, (S521-S521), 2016Poster, 2016
  • Conlon, BJ, McSwain,SD, Smith DW, Topical gentamicin and ethacrynic acid: effects on cochlear function, Laryngoscope, 108, (7), 1998, p1087 - 1089Journal Article, 1998
  • HUGHES STEPHEN [IE]; O'NEILL ROSS [IE]; CONLON BRENDAN [IE]; HAMILTON CAROLINE [IE]; D'ARCY SHONA [IE] +, 'AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER OF THE AUDITORY SYSTEM ', Tomkins, 2021, NEUROMOD DEVICES LTDPatent, 2021
  • Conlon B, Hamilton C, Meade E, Leong SL, O Connor C, Langguth B, Vanneste S, Hall DA, Hughes S, Lim HH., Different bimodal neuromodulation settings reduce tinnitus symptoms in a large randomized trial, Brain, 2021Journal Article, 2021