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
