Abstract Purpose To describe systematic methods developed over 40 years among over 5000 patients at The Taste and Smell Clinic in Washington, DC to evaluate taste and smell dysfunction. Materials…

Abstract Purpose Orthostatic dizziness (OD) and positional dizziness (PD) are considerably common conditions in dizziness clinic, whereas those two conditions are not clearly separated. We aimed to evaluate the clinical…

Abstract Purpose Previous literature described how clinical fellowship training impacts scholarly production among academic otolaryngologists, finding that fellowship-trained practitioners had higher research productivity than their non-fellowship-trained peers, and head and…

Abstract Background We sometimes experience patients with persistent torsional/vertical (upbeating) positional nystagmus in the head-hanging position. We have been convinced of the existence of cupulolithiasis of the posterior semicircular canal…

Abstract Objective To determine the change in the clinical presentation of inflammatory paranasal sinus disease as a function of a patient’s age. Study Design and Methods This is a prospective…

Abstract Objective The possible genetic relationship between otosclerosis and Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism is uncertain. The aim of this study is to assess association between otosclerosis and VDR…

Abstract Purpose Malignant head and neck paragangliomas (MHNPs) are rare and occur in 6%–19% of all HNPs. We sought to identify predictors of survival and compare efficacy of treatment modalities…

Abstract Purpose To report outcomes in patients treated with postoperative radiotherapy for nonadenoid cystic carcinomas of the major salivary glands. Materials and Methods From 1998–2011, 37 patients with nonadenoid cystic…