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Position statements are generated from within AAO-HNS/F committees. However, an individual member may request consideration of a topic for position statement development.  If you would like to see if the Academy would consider developing a position statement on a particular topic, please email the details about the topic and your concerns to healthpolicy@entnet.org.  Academy staff will then route your email to the Chair of the appropriate committee(s) for consideration.  The committee(s) will examine the need for a statement, draft the necessary position statement language, and Academy staff will present it to the Academy's Executive Committee and the Board of Directors for consideration. If the Board approves the statement, it becomes official and is added to the existing position statement library.

After an extensive review process by AAO-HNS Committees, Executive Committee, and Board of Directors, the Academy reaffirmed 10 position statements, revised 11, and released a new statement on Tongue Suspension. Updated and New statements can be found designated below. 

 
Allergy
Ambulatory Procedures - UPDATED
Botulinum Toxin Treatment - UPDATED
CDC Immunization Recommendations for Cochlear Implant Patients - UPDATED
Choice of Physicians
Cochlear Implants
Communicable Diseases - UPDATED
Debridement of the Sinus Cavity after ESS - UPDATED
Dilation of sinuses, any method (e.g., balloon, etc.) - UPDATED
Disorders of the Equilibrium and Drivers Licensing Boards
Evaluation Prior to Hearing Aid Fitting
Evidence Based Medicine
Fiberoptic Endoscopic Examinations of Swallowing
Foreign Bodies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract - UPDATED
Head and Neck Surgery - UPDATED
Hearing Aids - UPDATED
Hearing Impairment
Implantable Hearing Devices - UPDATED
Infant Hearing
Intra-Operative Use of Computer Aided Surgery - UPDATED
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Laryngoscopy and Bronchoscopy
Laser-Assisted Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in Adults
Medical Liability - UPDATED
Medical Role in Cerumen Removal - UPDATED
Medical Use of Cocaine
Micropressure Therapy - UPDATED
Middle-Ear Ventilation Tube Placement
Midline Glossectomy for OSA
Minimal Test Battery for Cochlear Implants - UPDATED
Nasal Surgery and OSAS - UPDATED
Otology/Neurotology
Ototoxicity
Patient Physician Covenant
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Performance Measures
Physician Drug Dispensing - UPDATED
Plastic Surgery
Point-of-Care Imaging in Otolaryngology
Policy on Pay-for-Performance
Posturography
Red Flags-Warning of Ear Disease
Reimbursement for Taking Hospital Calls
Remote Practice of Allergy - UPDATED
Scope of Practice of Non-Physician Providers
Second Surgical Opinions
Sinus Endoscopy - UPDATED
Stapedectomy/Stapedotomy
Strobovideolaryngoscopy
Submucosal Ablation of the Tongue Base for OSAS - UPDATED
Surgical Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
The Roles of Flexible Laryngoscopy Videostroboscopy - UPDATED
The Scope of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Use of the Term Doctor in Advertising and Patient Communications
Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases
Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke
Tongue Suspension - NEW
Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery
Tonsillectomy and OSAs
Treatment for Microtia and Anotia
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea - UPDATED
Use of Animals in Research
Use of Topical Antibiotic Drops
Utilization Review
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty - UPDATED
Vestibular Rehabilitation
Voice Therapy in the Treatment of Dysphonia - UPDATED

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