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Study Identifies Factors Tied to Age-Related Hearing Loss

Underweight and smoking significant in men, while age at menarche and weight significant in women

Clinical Signs Tied to Rhinosinusitis ID’d in Patients With Nasal Allergies

CRS linked to SNOT-22 nasal subdomain items of need to blow nose, thick nasal discharge, sense of taste/smell, and blockage/congestion of nose

Morphology of Vestibular Aqueduct Linked to Meniere Disease

Correlations seen for VA patency and length with the degree of endolymphatic hydrops in cochlear, vestibule

AI Decision Support Tool Can Predict Diagnosis of Acute Otitis Media

Tympanic videos classified into AOM versus no AOM had sensitivity of 93.8 percent, specificity of 93.5 percent

Absent, Enlarged, Confluent Saccules Best for Identifying Meniere Disease

Presence of saccule abnormality or asymmetric perilymphatic enhancement and incomplete vestibular aqueduct visualization optimizes MRI diagnosis

Guideline Issued for Management of Inhalant Allergies With Immunotherapy

Authors strongly recommend that clinician performing allergy skin testing or allergen immunotherapy be able to diagnose, manage anaphylaxis

Higher Use of Health Care Portal Seen During COVID-19 Pandemic

Lower portal activity linked to older age, female sex and for Hispanic/Latinx, non-Hispanic Black, and other race patients

Sinusitis Linked to Increased Risk for Subsequent Rheumatic Disease

Preceding sinusitis linked to increased risks for antiphospholipid syndrome, Sjögren disease, vasculitis, polymyalgia rheumatica

Children’s Hearing Increasingly at Risk From Earbuds, Headphones

Concern has grown to the point that the AAP released a statement last year on the need to reduce noise exposure in children

Observed Rates of Cancer Diagnoses Lower Than Expected in Pandemic

Rate of all-sites cancer incidence was 28.6 percent lower than expected during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic response