Rationale and Comments

The utility of imaging procedures in primary tinnitus is undocumented; imaging is costly, has potential for radiation exposure, and does not change management.

Sponsoring Organizations

• American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation

Sources

• Practice guideline

Disciplines

• Otolaryngologic

References

• Tunkel DE, Bauer CA, Sun GH, Rosenfeld RM, Chandrasekhar SS, Cunningham ER Jr, Archer SM, Blakley BW, Carter JM, Granieri EC, Henry JA, Hollingsworth D, Khan FA, Mitchell S, Monfared A, Newman CW, Omole FS, Phillips CD, Robinson SK, Taw MB, Tyler RS, Waguespack R, Whamond EJ. Clinical practice guideline: tinnitus. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;151(S2):S1-40.