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Dennis S. Poe, MD, PhD, and Ralph B. Metson, MDToday, surgery on the Eustachian tube (ET) can be performed with safety and efficacy for the treatment of obstructive and patulous ET dysfunction (ETD). Until recently, the management of chronic otitis media with effusion or retraction…

entSM registry:AAO12 – Tympanostomy Tubes: Topical Ear Drop Monotherapy Acute OtorrheaAAO16 – Age-related Hearing Loss: Audiometric EvaluationAAO20 – Tympanostomy Tubes: Hearing Test AAO21 – Otitis Media with Effusion: Hearing Test for Chronic OME ≥ 3 monthsAAO36 – Tympanostomy Tubes: Resolution of Otitis Media with Effusion in Adults and Children…

run the gamut from using machine learning for disease diagnosis (e.g., “AI Model Versus Clinician Otoscopy in the Operative Setting for Otitis Media Diagnosis,” “The Use of Deep Learning Software in the Detection of Voice Disorders: A Systematic Review”) to surgical instrument detection (“Convolutional…

Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Editor in Chief. 2006: The first set of measures on topics of Acute Otitis Externa and Otitis Media with Effusion was developed.2006: Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Manual for Developing Evidence-Based Guidelines to Facilitate Performance…

Worimi Country in New South Wales, Australia. He treats a wide range of pediatric and adult patients, with a particular focus on otitis media, pediatric airway, cochlear implantation, and voice disorders. Graduating from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and a fellow of the…

on by an upper respiratory tract infection or an exacerbation of allergic rhinitis. It may be accompanied by a serous or acute otitis media. Chronic dilatory ETD presents with long-standing symptoms that are independent of any acute disease process. Baro-challenged–induced ETD is…

of frank infection. Yet, situations still exist where antibiotics are regularly prescribed despite evidence of limited utility such as in uncomplicated acute otitis media. Additionally, surveys demonstrate a wide variability in practices among our peers in the perioperative period.1 Survey results suggest otolaryngologists err…

the clinical setting to help in diagnosis. For example, there is extensive research being conducted in applying AI to the diagnosis of otitis media (OM).2 Currently, the handheld otoscope is the standard of care used to diagnose OM with pneumatic otoscopy increasing diagnostic accuracy…

residents shared their experience with airway foreign bodies, abscesses, and neck trauma. They also described patients regularly presenting with advanced complications of otitis media and cholesteatoma, not infrequently resulting in death.On the first day, the faculty assisted a Ugandan otologist with a bilateral cochlear…

Jordan I. Teitelbaum, DO, and Lee M. Akst, MDWhat We SeeAcid reflux is a common condition in the general population that can present with both acute and chronic symptomology. Gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD, is estimated to affect one out of five adults. It causes recurrent…

A Shortage of Specialists in EthiopiaMuluken Bekele Wondimagegnehu, MD (right), receives a Eugene N. Myers, MD Global Education Fund Award from the fund’s namesake, Eugene N. Myers, MD, FRCS, Edin(Hon).Academy member Muluken Bekele Wondimagegnehu, MD, is an otolaryngologist at Hawassa University Comprehensive…

The AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting Program Committee (AMPC) recognizes that the results of some exciting research comes in too late to meet the general Call for Science submission deadline each year. To ensure that the most cutting-edge research is included in the Annual Meeting…

Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MDAnnual Meeting Program CoordinatorDaniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD, Annual Meeting Program Coordinator“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” —Benjamin Franklin“Tell me about your favorite teacher.” It’s one of my favorite…

KAS 1: OME OF SHORT DURATION: (recommendation against)Clinicians should not perform tympanostomy tube insertion in children with a single episode of OME of less than 3 months’ duration, from the date of onset (if known) or from the date of diagnosis (if onset is…

David E. Tunkel, MD, Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, MarylandDavid E. Tunkel, MDDirector Pediatric Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, MarylandShare a little about yourself and your journey to otolaryngology.I have been at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland…