The Society for Middle Ear Disease aims to promote public and professional awareness of the importance of otitis media as a major health problem.

Does Addition of Antiviral Medication to High-Dose Corticosteroid Therapy Improve Hearing Recovery Following ISSNHL?
Evidence regarding the addition of antiherpetic medications to high-dose steroid therapy in the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Should Antibiotics Be Prescribed for Acute Otitis Media?
The clinical decision to treat or not to treat children with AOM remains controversial.

Cochlear Implant Surgery: How Young Is Too Young?
A new study suggests the procedure can be safe for infants, and yield profound improvements in auditory outcomes.

Management of an Unusual Middle Ear Foreign Body
A 42-year-old male was recently fitted for occupational ear molds to protect him from excessive noise exposure at work and further hearing loss. During the fitting, he experienced severe, sudden otalgia and vertigo and complained that hearing loss in the left ear, his better-hearing ear, had worsened.

Innovation in Cochlear Impant Surgery
Procedures that now represent the cutting edge of cochlear implant (CI) surgery.

New Sudden Hearing Loss Guidelines Provoke Mixed Opinions

COSM 2012: Award Winners Tackle Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Unilateral Hearing Loss and Tumor Resections
Awards for the best Triological theses this year went to three researchers, including two co-Mosher Award winners and a Fowler award winner. The awards were given here at the 115th Annual Meeting of the Triological Society on April 20, held as part of the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings.

The MRI-CT Faceoff in Pre-Operative Coclear Implant Staging
There is no one right answer to the question of which imaging test is best for patients with hearing loss who are candidates for cochlear implantation. Age, underlying pathology and the ability to tolerate radiation and sedation are just a few of the variables that can determine whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) or both are chosen in this clinical setting.

Otolaryngologists Concerned about Online Consumer Hearing Test
A subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group has launched an online hearing test and a line of lower-cost hearing devices that are generating alarm about patient safety among otolaryngologists.
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