Hearing Loss Linked to Lower Odds of Employment, Lower Income
Likelihood of paid employment lower for Black and Hispanic individuals with hearing loss
Clinical Guideline Updated for Management of Adult Rhinosinusitis
Watchful waiting extended as initial management strategy for all patients with uncomplicated acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to Increased Risk for Oral Cancer
Significantly increased risk for oral cancer seen in unadjusted and adjusted analyses
Optical Coherence Tomography Feasible for Imaging Inner Ear
Increased endolymph-to-perilymph ratios seen with imaging correlated with the degree of hearing loss
Cannabis Use Disorder May Up Risk of Benign Salivary Gland Tumors
Increased relative risks of benign major salivary gland tumors and parotid salivary gland tumors, which persist over time
Updated Guidance Improves Staging of HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer
AJCC9V staging system showed superior hazard consistency, outcome prediction, and balance, but not hazard discrimination
Velar Adhesion Reduces Cleft Width Prior to Palatoplasty in Cleft Lip
Incidence of otitis media with effusion significantly lower for patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate undergoing velar adhesion
Diagnostic Model Based on Delayed Post-Gadolinium Enhancement MRI Accurate for Meniere Disease
Model demonstrated strong diagnostic performance, outperforming clinical diagnostic model in validation cohort
Hyperbaric Therapy + Corticosteroid Combo Aids Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Early initiation within 12.5 days of hearing loss onset tied to better hearing outcomes
Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis May Be Improving
Authors say reductions in symptom severity are due to clinical practice and not anatomical variation