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Contents:
Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - Croup - Deafness - Deglutition Disorders - Ear Diseases - Ear Neoplasms - Epistaxis - Hearing Disorders - Hearing Loss, Sudden - Herpes Zoster Oticus - Hyperacusis - Kartagener Syndrome - Labyrinth Diseases - Labyrinthitis - Laryngeal Diseases - Laryngeal Neoplasms - Laryngitis - Laryngomalacia - Laryngostenosis - Mastoiditis - Meniere Disease - Nasal Obstruction - Nasal Polyps - Neuroma, Acoustic - Nose Diseases - Otitis - Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases - Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms - Otosclerosis - Peritonsillar Abscess - Pharyngeal Diseases - Pharyngitis - Presbycusis - Rhinitis - Rhinoscleroma - Sinusitis - Tinnitus - Tonsillar Neoplasms - Tonsillitis - Tympanic Membrane Perforation - Vertigo - Vestibular Neuronitis - Vocal Cord Paralysis - Voice Disorders - Wolfram Syndrome -


  Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases   
  Head and Neck Exam [C Goldberg] - School of Medicine, UCSD (US)
  Otolaryngology (and Facial Plastic Surgery) - eMedicine
  Managing Common Otolaryngologic Emergencies [Giovana et al.] - Emerg Med, 2005
  Otolaryngology Resources on the Internet [Bennett and Jones] - Univ of Dundee
  Core Curriculum Syllabus, Grand Rounds Archives , and some documents in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Dept. of Otol & Comm Sciences, Baylor Coll. of Medicine, Houston TX (US)
  Dr. Quinn's Online Textbook of Otolaryngology - UTMB (US)
  Ear, Nose, and Throat Information Center [P. Casano] - Sinus Care Center
  ENT UK , including some Patient Information - British Assoc Otorhinolaryngolists (UK)
  The American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Inc. , including, for instance, Clinical Otolaryngology Online (COOL) Antimicrobial Therapy in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery [DNF Fairbanks] and about ENT Emergencies
  Otolaryngology [patient info] at Univ of Wisconsin-Madison (US)
  Otolaryngology Houston [BY Ghorayeb] - (US)
  Anatomy of the Neck - Baylor Coll. (US)
  Ear, Nose & Throat - U.S.A., including a section of Otologic (Ear) Medical Information [K Kavanagh]
  The Temporal Bone - Wikipedia
  Emergencies in Otolaryngology - Baylor Coll (US)
  About Ear, Nose & Throat Problems [M Grossan]
  A Basic Guide to Animated American Sign Language
  Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World - Howard Hughes Medical Inst. (US)
  The US National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry

    Kartagener Syndrome   
   See another page


   Ear Diseases   
   An Ear Diagram - NorthWestern Univ.
   A CT Look at the Ear [Maddison & Tatlow] - South Bank Univ. (UK)
   On the History of The Wave Theory of Sound [AD Pierce] - Acoustical Society of America (US)
   What is a decibel? , and some examples
   Some interesting sounds - Acoustical Society of America
   hear-it - AISBL (BE)
   Medical Library at Michigan Ear Institute - (US)
   Ear Surgery Information [MJ Levenson]
   Ear Reconstruction - Tennessee Craniofacial Center (US)
   On Autoimmnue Inner Ear Disease [TC Hain] - (US)
   About Congenital Abnormalities and Microtia [MJ Levenson] - (US)
   Understanding your hearing test - earinfo.com
   How to read an audiogram - AAC (US)
   Inner Ear, Perilymphatic Fistula [Roland and Meyerhoff] - eMedicine
   Hearing & Balance - Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison/NeuroPhys (US)
   Cochlea home page [Mammano and Nobili] - (IT)
   Promenade 'round the Cochlea - INSERM/Univ of Montpellier (FR)
   About Earwax - AAO
   About Earwax / Cerumen - Wikipedia
   Ear Wax [TC Hain] - (US)
   Glossary from Self-help for Hard of Hearing People Inc./N. Carolina (US)

    Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear   
    Cholesteatoma - AAO-HNS (US)
    Cholesteatoma - EarSite
    About Middle Ear, Cholesteatoma [PS Roland] - eMedicine
    Cholesteatoma - Ear Sugery Inf. C.
    See also under Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms

    Ear Neoplasms   
   See another page

    Hearing Disorders   
    Anatomy of the Middle Ear - RnCeus Interactive, and Anatomy of the Inner Ear - Univ of Washington (US)
    On Hearing Screening in Children - Columbia Univ./Otolaryngol (US)
    A little Hearing Health Dictionary - Deafness Research Foundation
    A general discussion about Hearing Loss [TC Hain] - (US)
    Dr M Ross on Hearing Loss
    About Hearing Loss - Cochlear Ltd.
    Test your musical skills in 6 minutes! [J Mandell]
    Test your high-frequncy hearing - The Mosquito Ringtone
    Pure Tone Testing [G Derrick] - eMedicine
    Musicians and Hearing Problems
    About Cochlear Implants - Hearing Loss Assoc. of Washington
    About Hearing Loss - Univ of Florida, Coll Medicine/Otolaryngology (US)
    and some comments on Cochlear Implants - FDA (US)
    Dangerous Decibels
    EuroHear - (EU)
    HARL - Hearing Aid Research Laboratory - Univ of Memphis (US)
    About Hearing Aids - NIDCD/NIH (US)
    A Consumer Guide to Hearing Aids - AARP/HearingLoss
    Troubleshooting Your Hearing Aid [M Ross] - HealthyHearing
    About Hearing Aids - Boy's Town Research Hosp.

      Deafness   
      About Hearing and Hearing Loss - Baylor Coll (US)
      About Hearing Testing and Children - Boys Town Nat'l Research Hospital (US)
      Health Information from the US Nat'l Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - NIDCD
      The US Nat'l Association of the Deaf
      The Deaf Resource Library [K Nakamura]
      About Deafblindness - sense (UK)
      Deafness and the Cx26 gene - NCBI
      Genetics and Deafness - Boystown Nat'l Research Hosp. (US)
      EuroHear [research on genetic basis of deafness, and presbycusis]
      Hereditary Hearing Loss [Van Camp and Smith] - (BE)
      About the Pendred Syndrome - NCBI/NIH (US)

        Wolfram Syndrome   
       See another page


      Hearing Loss, Sensorineural   

       Presbycusis   
       Presbycusis - NIDCD/NIH (US)
       Biomedical Baases of Presbycusis - American Hearing Research Foundation
       Prebycusis Calculator (Robinson-Sutton's equations) [K Kavanagh]
       See also under Hearing Disorders [links]


      Hearing Loss, Sudden   
      On Sudden Hearing Loss - American Hearing Research Foundation
      About Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss [JO Fordice] - Baylor Coll (US)
      A video clip about Sudden Hearing Loss - via WebMD
      Study hints at antioxidants being able to prevent and restore hearing loss - News-Medical.net, Sep 2004


     Hyperacusis   
     Hyperacusis [TC Hain]
     The Hyperacusis Network
     On Hyperacusis, and Recruitment - AAO/Head and Neck Surg (US)
     Have you heard 'the Hum'? - BBC, May 2009 (UK)
     About Hyperacusis and Tinnitus Retraining Therapy - Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre, London (UK)

     Tinnitus   
     An insight into Tinnitus - AAO (US)
     The Tinnitus Clinic and the Tinnitus Archive - Oregon Health and Science Univ. (US)
     The American Tinnitus Association
     About Tinnitus [TC Hain] - (US)
     On Tinnitus - eHealthMD
     Action for Tinnitus Research - (UK)
     Tinnitus forum [in German] - (DE)
     On Pulsatile Tinnitus , and on Managing Tinnitus - RNID (UK)
     New Therapies Fight Phantom Noises of Tinnitus - N Y Times, Apr 2008, via ATA
     On Tinnitus and Natural Cures - Dr Weil, 2002
     About Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (Jastreboff's TRT) - Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre, London (UK)


    Herpes Zoster Oticus   
   See another page

    Labyrinth Diseases   
    Information about Specific Vestibular Disorders from the Vestibular Disorders Association, VEDA - (US)
    Vertigo and Dizziness [B Todd Troost] - iVertigo.net
    A brief illustrated description of Benign Paroxysmal Positioning Vertigo, BPPV - Mayo Clinic
    About the Epley's Maneuver (Canalith Repositioning Procedure) - Sinus Institute N. Virginia (US)
    A randomized controlled trial of the Canalith Repositioning Procedure [Froehling et al.], 2000
    see also under Vertigo [links]
    see also under Dizziness [links]

      Meniere Disease   
      Meniere's Disease - Vestibular Disorders Assoc. (US)
      About Meniere's Disease [TC Hain]
      Meniere's Disease Information Center
      Meniere's Disease Information & Support Page [R Hines]


     Labyrinthitis   
     Labyrinthitis and Vestibular Neuritis - VEDA
     Labyrinthitis [NY Lorenzo] - eMedicine
     On Vestibular Neuritis and Labyrinthitis [TC Hain]
     About Labyrinthitis - (UK)

     Vestibular Diseases   

      Vertigo   
     See another page


    Otitis   
    Otitis Media - Metropolitan Ear Group, Inc.
    About Middle Ear Infections - Kids Health (US)
    About Serous Otitis Media - Univ of Minnesota (US)
    Myringotomy (Drainage of the middle ear cavity) - YourSurgery.com
    An The Otoscope: Distinguishing Acute Otitis media from Otitis Media With Effusion - American Acad. of Pediatrics
    Antibiotic Resistance in Otitis Media [J Lopreiato, 1999] - Walter Reed Army Medical C. (US)
    Middle Ear Disease and Allergy [DS Hurst] - (US)

     Labyrinthitis   
    See another location

     Otitis Media   

      Mastoiditis   
      What is Mastoiditis? [S Dankle] - OFCN (US)
      About Mastoiditis - Adam, via MedlinePlus
      Mastoiditis - Wikipedia
      Acute Mastoiditis [JL Parker] - Baylor College/TMC (US)
      Clinical indicators for Mastoidectomy - AAO-HNS (US)
      Q&A about Mastoid surgery - OFCN (US)


    Otosclerosis   
    About Otosclerosis , and from A Personal Perspective - Boys Town (US)
    Otosclerosis [TC Hain]
    Stapedectomy and Otosclerosis - Baylor Coll./Otorhinolaryngology (US)
    Conductive Hearing Loss and Carhart?s Notch [M Domanski], 2008 - Dr Quinn's Textbook, UTMB (US)
    A note on Otosclerosis genetics - Hereditary Hearing Loss (BE)

    Retrocochlear Diseases   

     Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases   

      Neuroma, Acoustic   
     See another page

      Vestibular Neuronitis   
      Vestibular Neuronitis and Labyrinthitis [TC Hain]
      Vestibular Neuronitis [K Marill] - eMedicine
      Labyrinthitis and Vestibular Neuritis/Neuronitis - VEDA


    Tympanic Membrane Perforation   
    About Perforated Eardrum - (US)
    Perforations and Hearing Loss - Earsurgery.Org (US)


   Laryngeal Diseases   
   About some common Disorders of the Larynx and Voice - Johns Hopkins (US)
   Synopses of Laryngeal Disease Issues - FP Notebook
   Brief information on various Voice disorders - Voice and Swallowing Center, NY (US)
   Historical examples of Speech Synthesizers [D Klatt] - Berkeley
   LarynxLink - Int'l Assoc. of Laryngectomees and Larynx Cancer Patients

    Laryngeal Neoplasms   
   See another page

    Laryngitis   
    About Laryngitis - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    About Hoarseness - Jackson Sinus
    Hoarseness - AAO (US)

     Croup   
     About Croup - Kids Health (US)
     Croup symptoms [Santer and D'Alessandro] - Virtual Pediatric Hospital
     Some points for differentiating between Croup and Epiglottitis [J Schwab] - Chicago (US)
     Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Croup - Alberta Medical Association (CA)
     See also under Epiglottitis [links]


    Laryngostenosis   
    About Subglottic Stenosis in the Adult [SM Overholt] - Baylor College (US)
    Subglottic Stenosis [JE McClay] - eMedicine

   Laryngomalacia
    About Laryngomalacia - Wikipedia
    Laryngomalacia and tracheomalacia - Dr Hull
    Laryngomalacia [MR Bye] - eMedicine

    Vocal Cord Paralysis   
    About Vocal Cord Paralysis - NIDCD (US)
    Vocal Fold Paralysis - Dept of Otolaryngology, Univ of Florida (US)
    Vocal Cord Paralysis in Children [NG Jones] - Baylor Coll. (US)
    On Vocal Fold Paralysis [video] - Voice and Swallowing Center, Columbia Univ. (US)

    Voice Disorders   
    Normal Vocal Cords [picture] - Three Rivers Endoscopy C. (US)
    Voice Assessment [NG Jones] - Baylor Coll., TMC(US)
    About Voicing Source Characteristics - Univ of Delaware (US)
    About Spasmodic Dysphonia - NIDCD/NIH (US)
    Spasmodic Dysphonia - Dystonia Foundation
    Spasmodic Dysphonia - Voice and Swallowing Center, Columbia Univ. (US)
    About Vocal Nodules , and Vocal Cord Polyps (Reinke's Edema, Polypoid Degeneration) - Voice and Swallowing Center, Columbia Univ. (US)
    Special Equipment for People with Voice Disorders - Communicative Medical (US)
    Anatomy and Physiology of Voice Production , and about various Voice Problems - The Voice Foundation


   Nose Diseases   
   On Nose Anatomy [DG Becker] - RevisionRhinoplasty.com (US)
   Handbook of Nasal Disease [TM Davidson] - UCSD, School of Medicine (US)
   Anatomy of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses - Baylor College, TCM (US)
   Managing Foreign Body in Nose - eMedicine
   Endoscopic Laser-Assisted and Stereo Computer-Guided Nasal and Sinus Surgery - (US)
   About Septoplasty from Otolaryngology Houston - (US)
   The Organ of Smell - Gray's Anatomy 1918
   About odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system - Nobel Prize press release 2004
   See also under Olfaction (Smell) Disorders [links]

    Epistaxis   
    Management of Epistaxis [Kucik and Clenney] - AAFP, Jan 2005
    Nosebleeds - MedicineNet
    Endoscopic Control of Posterior Epistaxis - Otolaryngology Houston (US)

    Nasal Obstruction   
    Somnoplasty Treatment Provides Significant Relief Of Nasal Obstruction - Doctor's Guide, and some Somnoplasty info - MedicineNet

    Nasal Polyps   
    About Nasal Polyps - A.D.A.M./via MedlinePlus
    Nasal polyps - Mayo Clinic (US)
    About Nasal polyps, non-surgical treatment [SM Archer], and Nasal Polyps [JE McClay] - eMedicine

    Paranasal Sinus Diseases   

     Sinusitis   
     Anatomy of the Sinuses - Otolaryngology Houston (US)
     Caring for Acute Sinusitis - AAFP (US)
     About Sinusitis - NYU Med C. (US)
     Rhinosinusitis - AAO-HNS (US)
     10 minute consultation: sinusitis [N and R Chada] - StudentBMJ, Jun 2007
     Patient Information about Sinusitis , some complications of sinusitis , and an illustration - Am Rhinologic Society
     Sinusitis for physicians - and others [S Tichenor]
     On Diagnosing Acute Sinusitis - Bandolier (UK)
     Management of Chronic Sinus Disease in Children [SA Eicher] - Baylor Coll of Med
     Complications of Sinusitis [CM Giannoni] - Baylor College (US)


    Rhinitis   
    Advice about Rhinitis - ACAAI (US)
    About Allergic and Non-Allergic Rhinitis - Nat'l Jewish Medical and Research C (US)
    Overview of Methods for Treating Allergic Rhinitis - AAFP (US)

    Rhinoscleroma   
   See another page


   Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms   
  See another page

    Ear Neoplasms   
   See another page

    Laryngeal Neoplasms   
   See another page

    Neuroma, Acoustic   
   See another page

    Pharyngeal Neoplasms   

     Oropharyngeal Neoplasms   

      Tonsillar Neoplasms   
     See another page


   Pharyngeal Diseases   
   See also under Streptococcal Infections [links]
   Inflammatory Disorders of the Pharynx [BR Alford] - Baylor Coll. of Medicine (US)
   About Tonsils and Adenoids - Sinus Care Center (US)
   Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy - American College of Surgeons
   Tonsillectomy Procedures - American Acad Otolaryngol., Head Neck Surg
   About Adenoidectomy in Children - BUPA

    Deglutition Disorders   
   See another page

    Pharyngeal Neoplasms   

     Oropharyngeal Neoplasms   

      Tonsillar Neoplasms   
     See another page


    Pharyngitis   
    On Sore Throat [VN Reddy]
    Sore Throat - Sinus Care Center
    Pharyngitis (Children) - e-Medicine
    Practice Pharyngitis [Vincent et al.] - AAFP, Mar 2004

     Retropharyngeal Abscess   
     Retropharyngeal Abscess [J Kann] - e-Medicine

     Peritonsillar Abscess   
     Peritonsillar Abscess [NJ Galioto] - AAFP, Jan 2008
     Peritonsillar Abscess [Mehta and Silverberg] - e-Medicine

     Tonsillitis   
     About Tonsillitis - Wikipedia
     Your child is having his/her tonsils/adenoids removed - Institute of Child Health (UK)
     About Tonsils and Tonsillectomies - KidsHealth (US)
     On Acute Tonsillitis - Otolaryngology Houston (US)

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