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    Ear and Hearing Disorders

    This collection features the best content from AFP, as identified by the AFP editors, on ear and hearing disorders and related issues, including hearing loss, otitis externa, otitis media, and tinnitus. New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past two years is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.
    Categories

    General

    Screening, Diagnosis, and Prevention

    Patient Education, Self-Care

    Overview

    Treatment

    Complications and Special Situations

    General
    Apr 15, 2024 — Audiometry Interpretation for Hearing Loss in Adults   CME
    Screening, Diagnosis, and Prevention
    Apr 15, 2023 — Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Clinical Summary of the USPSTF Recommendation [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force]   FREE
    Jan 01, 2021 — Making Recommendations to Reduce Noise Exposure [Curbside Consultation]
    Jan 01, 2018 — Ear Pain: Diagnosing Common and Uncommon Causes   Alg   Tool
    Nov 01, 2004 — Tympanometry
    Patient Education, Self-Care
    Feb 15, 2023 — Acute Otitis Externa (Swimmer's Ear) [Information from Your Family Doctor]   FREE
    Jun 01, 2021 — Tinnitus [Information from Your Family Doctor]
    May 15, 2007 — Earwax: What You Should Know [Information from Your Family Doctor]   PtEd
    Overview
    Feb 15, 2023 — Acute Otitis Externa: Rapid Evidence Review   CME   Alg   DDx   PtEd
    Jun 01, 2021 — Tinnitus: Diagnosis and Management   Alg   POC   PtEd
    Sep 15, 2019 — Otitis Media: Rapid Evidence Review   Alg
    Jul 15, 2019 — Hearing Loss in Adults: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
    Oct 15, 2018 — Cerumen Impaction: Diagnosis and Management   PtEd
    Nov 15, 2014 — AAO-HNSF Releases Clinical Practice Guideline on Acute Otitis Externa [Practice Guidelines]
    Jul 15, 2003 — Necrotizing (Malignant) External Otitis
    Treatment
    Sep 15, 2024 — Otitis Media With Effusion in Children: Guidelines From NICE [Practice Guidelines]   CME
    Mar 15, 2024 — What Physicians Need to Know About Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids [Curbside Consultation]   Alg
    Jun 15, 2018 — Antibiotics for Otitis Media in Children [Medicine by the Numbers]
    Jan 15, 2017 — Acute Otitis Media in Children [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
    Nov 01, 2016 — AAO-HNS Releases Updated Guideline on Management of Otitis Media with Effusion [Practice Guidelines]
    Jun 15, 2015 — Amoxiclav Causes Diarrhea in 1 of 8 Persons Who Take It [POEMs]
    Mar 15, 2014 — Tinnitus [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
    Nov 15, 2013 — Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
    Jun 15, 2013 — Pharmacologic Therapy for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries]
    Mar 01, 2013 — Caring for Older Patients Who Have Significant Hearing Loss [Curbside Consultation]
    Feb 01, 2012 — Steroids for the Treatment of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children [Cochrane for Clinicians]
    Jan 15, 2012 — Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children: The Case of the Shifting End Points [AFP Journal Club]
    Nov 15, 2011 — Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children [AFP Journal Club]
    Jan 01, 2011 — Short Course of Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media Treatment [Cochrane for Clinicians]
    Apr 15, 2009 — Treatment of Otitis Media with Perforated Tympanic Membrane [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries]
    Sep 01, 2005 — Do Tympanostomy Tubes for OME Prevent Hearing Loss? [Cochrane for Clinicians]
    Complications and Special Situations
    Mar 01, 2013 — AAO-HNS Releases Guideline on Sudden Hearing Loss [Practice Guidelines]
    Oct 15, 2007 — Foreign Bodies in the Ear, Nose, and Throat

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