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Article: Symptom Reviews: Panel discusses the nuances of otology cases
Thomas R. Collins
Published: Jun 01, 2011
A 29-year-old banker with a mild upper respiratory infection that’s been lingering for a week arrives at the otolaryngologist’s office with tinnitus. He had flown six days earlier and lifted at the gym five days earlier.

Special Report: Middle Ear Implants Offer Potential: New breed of devices may stimulate compliance, experts say
David H. Kirkwood
Published: Apr 27, 2011
For decades, otolaryngologists have been frustrated by the refusal of some patients with hearing loss to use hearing aids. Statistics on noncompliance vary, but there is general agreement that only about 20 percent to 25 percent of Americans with treatable hearing loss use hearing aids. The problem seems to be more acute for people with mild hearing loss: A consumer survey conducted by the nonprofit Better Hearing Institute in 2009 found that fewer than 10 percent of people with mild hearing loss use...

Literature Review: Literature Review: A roundup of important recent studies
Dennis H. Kraus, MD, Luc Morris, MD, Sue Pondrom
Published: Apr 04, 2011
Transoral Robotic Surgery, Chemotherapy Outcomes Similar in Patients with AOC; Patients Respond to Oral BRAF Inhibitor; Reviewers ID Reflux Disease Clinical Guidelines; Socioeconomic Disparity Seen in Families of Hearing-Impaired Children; Residents’ Fellowship and Career Path Preferences; VR Simulator Training Improves Cadaveric Temporal Bone Dissection

Article: Change of Course?: Studies point to antibiotics as optimal treatment for otitis media
Mary Beth Nierengarten
Published: Apr 04, 2011
The question of how soon to give antibiotics to children with acute otitis media (AOM) is receiving renewed attention with the publication of two studies that show the benefit of immediate treatment over the “wait-and-see” approach recommended in the 2004 guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAP/AAFP).

Article: Case of the Month: A patient with right-sided odynophagia
Christine G. Gourin, MD, FACS
Published: Feb 07, 2011
A 33-year-old white male presented with a one-year history of right-sided odynophagia. Symptoms were constant and exacerbated by swallowing. He had a history of cryptic tonsils but had not undergone tonsillectomy; his past medical history was otherwise unremarkable. There was tenderness to palpation over the right tonsil with exacerbation of symptoms. No head and neck masses were appreciated. A CT scan was obtained.

Cover Article: Solve this Case: A Patient with Conductive Hearing Loss
Larry Lundy, MD
Published: Jan 14, 2011
A 71-year-old male presented with an approximately 10-year history of a gradually progressive right-sided hearing loss. He had significant noise exposure history having been in the Navy for 30 years, often on aircraft carriers, with his bunk beneath the flight deck. He denied any history of significant childhood ear disease, ear surgery/trauma or family history of hearing loss. He denied any dizziness, imbalance or vertigo. He had no autophony or sound/pressure-related dizziness. On physical examination,...

Special Report: Falling on Deaf Ears: Hearing loss in older adults may be an undertreated condition
Mary Beth Nierengarten
Published: Jan 10, 2011
Most people will experience some degree of hearing loss as they age. Statistics from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at the National institutes of Health (NIH) indicate that 30 percent of adults ages 65 to 74, and 47 percent of adults 75 years or older, have hearing loss.