Otolaryngology

Pediatrics published a review of important areas of pediatric care that may be wasteful or harmful to children.

The AAP announced new guidance on hearing assessments in infants, children and adolescents, according to an updated clinical report published in Pediatrics.

David E. Tunkel, MD, is the director of pediatric otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

Guidelines for ear infections in young children may lead to unnecessary tympanostomy tube placement, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

The FDA recently cleared the use of Preceptis Medical’s Hummingbird Tympanostomy Tube System, a device for in-office ear tube procedures, for children aged 6 months and older.

Tympanostomy tubes were not superior to medical management in reducing the rate of episodes of acute otitis media over a 2-year period in infants and toddlers, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

WHO’s inaugural World Report on Hearing estimates that about one in four people — or about 2.5 billion — worldwide will have some type of hearing loss by 2050.

Using digital videoscopes and smartphones may be a feasible method to conduct head and neck physical examinations during telehealth visits, according to a study recently published in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.

Object-related aspiration deaths in U.S. children declined 75% over 50 years, aided in part by policy changes to address choking hazards, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The FDA approved a new delivery system for tympanostomy tubes for the treatment of otitis media that does not require general anesthesia.