Although stereotactic radiation provides a noninvasive approach to treating acoustic neuromas, it also carries the risk of hearing loss over time for a sizable portion of patients, according to experts.
Ménière’s Disease: A Diagnosis of Exclusion with Controversial Therapies
Ménière’s Disease-Don’t Blame the Patient
A 48-year-old woman presents to you for bilateral hearing loss, aural fullness, vertigo, nausea/vomiting, and tinnitus of two months’ duration.
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Hard to Define, Hard to Treat
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) has stumped otolaryngologists for decades.
Thinking of Adding Hearing Aids to Your Practice? Experts Dispense Advice
An estimated 31 million Americans are affected by some level of hearing loss and, as the population ages, that number will continue to rise.
Gene Therapy: A Promising Role in Otolaryngology
After a hiatus associated with a checkered past, gene therapy is again showing promise in several fields of medicine, and otolaryngology is no exception.
Drop-In Clinics May Help with Patient Care-But Close Oversight is Necessary
Drop-in retail clinics staffed by nurse practitioners or physician’s assistants may represent a fundamental and permanent change in how patients receive minor primary care in this country, providing affordable care and convenience-but do they serve the long-term health interests of otolaryngology patients and the doctors who treat them?
Is This Patient Operable?
Survey of otologists reveals differences of opinion on treatment, surgery for otosclerosis with vertigo
Rise of Subspecialties in Pediatric Otolaryngology Has Changed Practice
Pediatric otolaryngology has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past couple of decades, but it’s the rise in subspecialties within the field that has lead to the most changes in practice.
Pills vs. Injections: Which Steroids Are Best for Sudden Hearing Loss?
It is agreed that sudden single-sided deafness is an emergency that is typically treated with corticosteroids.
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