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UPDATE: AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines
AAO-HNS issues statement on incidence of Bell’s palsy related to FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines. These rare events should not dissuade healthcare personnel or patients from receiving these critical vaccines.
The Latest COVID-19 Position Statements
Position Statement: Botulinum Toxin Treatment
Position StatementI. Treatment of Spasmodic Dysphonia (Laryngeal Dystonia)The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery ("AAO-HNS") considers Botulinum toxin a sa…
Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation in the Pediatric Population
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery considers Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilatation (ETBD) as appropriate treatment for pediatric patient…
Position Statement: Vestibular Rehabilitation
Position StatementVestibular rehabilitation, or Balance Retraining Therapy, is a scientifically based and clinically valid therapeutic modality for the treatment of persistent d…
Position Statement: The Use of Biomaterials in Sinonasal Procedures
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery supports the use of FDA-approved biomaterials such as implants, stents, and packing material in si…
Position Statement: Debridement
Position StatementDebridement of the sinus cavity is a procedure most commonly performed following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) and other nasal surgeries. It involves transnas…
Position Statement: Point-of-Care Imaging in Otolaryngology
Position StatementOver the past several years, point-of-care imaging has grown in response to such factors as improved patient access, the availability of prompt clinical diagno…
Position Statement: Surgeon Performed Neck Ultrasound
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery strongly endorses the practice of providing patients with timely, effective, efficient, and patien…
Preserving Access to MRI for Patients with Implantable Hearing Devices
Position StatementRationale & Background:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an integral part of diagnostic workup and monitoring for many clinical problems, and its use in …
Empty Nose Syndrome
Position StatementEmpty Nose Syndrome (ENS) was first described in the 1990s as a post-surgical disorder characterized by paradoxical symptomatic nasal obstruction in a patient …
Suppressors for Hearing Preservation
Position StatementSound suppressors are mechanical devices attached to the barrel of a firearm designed to reduce harmful impulse noise of firearms at its source. CDC research h…
Pay Parity in Otolaryngology
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) supports fair and transparent compensation and the concept of equal pay for equal work a…
Transgender Voice
Position StatementThe AAO-HNS/F recognizes the unique needs of transgender and gender-diverse individuals seeking gender-affirming care. We affirm our commitment to promoting th…
Otolaryngologic On-Call Services
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery fully supports access to emergency otolaryngologic care for all members of our communities, but th…
Universal newborn congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) screening
Position StatementIt is estimated that 1 in every 200 US newborns have congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV). Delayed identification of cCMV in newborns precludes timely interventi…
Position Statement: Efficacy of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Programs
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) has long recognized the critical nature of timely universal newborn infant hearing scre…
Position Statement: Button and Coin Battery Technology
Position StatementOpportunity to eliminate preventable harm: Industry must adopt a new safe button or coin cell battery technology that will not cause severe injury inside the b…
Position Statement: Intra-Operative Use of Computer Aided Surgery
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery endorses the intraoperative use of computer-aided surgery in appropriately select cases to assis…
Position Statement: Cochlear Implantation for Single Sided Deafness in Adults
Position StatementPatients with asymmetric or unilateral sensory hearing loss struggle with speech perception in noise and sound source localization due to loss of binaural cues…
