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Ear and Hearing Disorders

Editors' Choice of Best Available Content

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

Overview

Screening, Diagnosis, and Prevention

Treatment

Complications and Special Situations

Patient Education, Self-Care

Overview
06/01/2021	Tinnitus: Diagnosis and Management
09/15/2019	Otitis Media: Rapid Evidence Review
07/15/2019	Hearing Loss in Adults: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
10/15/2018	Cerumen Impaction: Diagnosis and Management
08/15/2017	Cerumen Impaction: An Updated Guideline from the AAO—HNSF [Practice Guidelines]
07/01/2015	AAO-HNSF Releases Guideline on Managing Tinnitus [Practice Guidelines]
11/15/2014	AAO-HNSF Releases Clinical Practice Guideline on Acute Otitis Externa [Practice Guidelines]
12/01/2012	Acute Otitis Externa: An Update
07/15/2003	Necrotizing (Malignant) External Otitis
Screening, Diagnosis, and Prevention
01/01/2021	Making Recommendations to Reduce Noise Exposure [Curbside Consultation]
01/01/2018	Ear Pain: Diagnosing Common and Uncommon Causes
01/15/2013	Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force]
01/15/2013	Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults [Putting Prevention into Practice]
01/01/2013	Audiometry Screening and Interpretation
11/01/2004	Tympanometry
Treatment
06/15/2018	Antibiotics for Otitis Media in Children [Medicine by the Numbers]
01/15/2017	Acute Otitis Media in Children [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
11/01/2016	AAO-HNS Releases Updated Guideline on Management of Otitis Media with Effusion [Practice Guidelines]
06/15/2015	Amoxiclav Causes Diarrhea in 1 of 8 Persons Who Take It [POEMs]
05/01/2014	AAO-HNSF Releases Guideline on Tympanostomy Tubes in Children [Practice Guidelines]
03/15/2014	Tinnitus [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
11/15/2013	Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
10/01/2013	Should Children with Acute Otitis Media Routinely Be Treated with Antibiotics? Yes: Routine Treatment Makes Sense for Symptomatic, Emotional, and Economic Reasons [Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine]
10/01/2013	Should Children with Acute Otitis Media Routinely be Treated with Antibiotics? No: Most Children Older Than Two Years Do Not Require Antibiotics [Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine]
06/15/2013	Pharmacologic Therapy for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries]
03/01/2013	Caring for Older Patients Who Have Significant Hearing Loss [Curbside Consultation]
02/01/2012	Steroids for the Treatment of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children [Cochrane for Clinicians]
01/15/2012	Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children: The Case of the Shifting End Points [AFP Journal Club]
11/15/2011	Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children [AFP Journal Club]
01/01/2011	Short Course of Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media Treatment [Cochrane for Clinicians]
04/15/2009	Treatment of Otitis Media with Perforated Tympanic Membrane [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries]
04/01/2007	Decongestants and Antihistamines Do Not Relieve Symptoms of Otitis Media with Effusion [Cochrane for Clinicians]
09/01/2005	Do Tympanostomy Tubes for OME Prevent Hearing Loss? [Cochrane for Clinicians]
Complications and Special Situations
03/01/2013	AAO-HNS Releases Guideline on Sudden Hearing Loss [Practice Guidelines]
10/15/2007	Foreign Bodies in the Ear, Nose, and Throat
Patient Education, Self-Care
06/01/2021	Tinnitus
05/15/2007	Earwax: What You Should Know
From Familydoctor.org AAFP's Patient Information Resource
	Ear Infections
	Ear Problems - Search by Symptom
	Hearing Problems in Children
	Hearing Problems
	Hearing: Noise Induced Hearing Loss
	Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with Your Doctor