Position Statement: Imaging
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery endorses the ability of otolaryngologists to review and provide their expert interpretation of rad…
Position Statement: Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Candidacy
Position StatementThere is ample evidence that early cochlear implantation of children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for whom hearing aids provide inadequate access to …
Essential Pediatric Hearing Evaluation and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Position StatementIn efforts to help limit the spread of SARS-CoV2 and minimize the risk of COVID-19 to patients, providers, and staff, many institutional guidelines now mandate…
International Surgical Sleep Society COVID-19 Adult and Pediatric Practice Guidelines
Position StatementAs of March 2020, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused unprecedented, worldwide disruption in patient care, including the management of obstructive s…
Position Statement: Communicable Diseases
Position StatementIf indicated for their condition, patients with communicable diseases (such a hepatitis or human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection) shall not be denied tr…
Position Statement: Evidence-Based Medicine
Position StatementEvidence-Based Medicine (EBM) (or more appropriately termed Evidence-Based Practice) is an approach to the practice of healthcare comprised of the synthesis of…
Position Statement: Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis and Gardasil Vaccination
Position StatementRecurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is characterized by recurrent papillomatous lesions that grow primarily on the vocal folds but may involve other par…
Position Statement: Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Position StatementLaryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) occurs when gastric contents (acid and enzymes such as pepsin) flow in a retrograde fashion and contact the tissues of the upper…
Position Statment: Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery
Position StatementOtolaryngologists use a variety of safe and efficacious techniques and instruments to perform tonsil and adenoid surgery. Based on available data, the AAO-HNS …
Position Statement: Evaluation Prior to Hearing Aid Fitting
Position StatementHearing loss is a medical condition requiring evaluation, diagnosis, and discussion of treatment options by a qualified physician, such as an Otolaryngologist …
Position Statement: Cochlear Implants
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery considers unilateral and bilateral cochlear implantation as appropriate treatment for adults and c…
CDC Releases Guidance for People Who Have Been Fully
NewsThis set of public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people will be updated and expanded based on the level of community spread of SARS-CoV-2, the pr…
Position Statement: Ranitidine
Position StatementRecently in September 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the discovery of a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) …
UPDATE: AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines
Position StatementUPDATE to AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines Issued December 19, 2020In the AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to A…
UPDATE to AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines
NewsThe AAO-HNS is providing an update to the December 19, 2020, Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines. This update analyzes the most cur…
Position Statement: Hearing Aids
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery states: dispensing of hearing aids, hearing assistive devices and other hearing rehabilitation d…
Position Statement: Pediatric Otolaryngology
Position StatementThe American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS), American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO‐HNS) and the American So…
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