Evaluation of hearing loss

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Key articles

Chandrasekhar SS, Tsai Do BS, Schwartz SR, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (Update). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Aug;161(1_suppl):S1-S45.Full text  Abstract

Schwartz SR, Magit AE, Rosenfeld RM, et al. Clinical practice guideline (update): earwax (cerumen impaction). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Jan;156(1 Suppl):S1-29. Abstract

Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, et al. Clinical practice guideline: age-related hearing loss. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 May;170 Suppl 2:S1-54.Full text  Abstract

American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria: hearing loss and/or vertigo. 2018 [internet publication].Full text

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