OTO Journal

Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Meredith Adams, MD, and Associate Editor Brianna Kuzbyt, MD, to discuss the improvement of patient care by providing recommended key action statements diving deeper into newly found evidence in "Executive Summary of the Clinical Practice Guideline on Tinnitus Update" which published in the October 2026 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. #Tinnitus #ENT #Otolaryngology Click here to read the full article.

Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Kevin Contrera, MD, and Associate Editor Aru Panwar, MD, to discuss the variables and limitations when measuring NLR biomarkers impact in patients in the paper "Preoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Recurrence in HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer After Transoral Robotic Surgery" which published in the September 2026 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Click here to read the full article. Click here to view the visual abstract.

Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Ameen Amanian, MD, and Associate Editor Anand Devaiah, MD, to discuss the necessity of transforming the direction of how otolaryngologists uses multimodal AI systems for their advancement, in the paper "Clinical Applications of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Otolaryngology: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review", which published in the August 2026 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Click here to read the full article.

Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Jennifer L. Spiegel, MD, and Associate Editor Jacob Hunter, MD, to discuss the significance of advanced standard software tools for cochlear implants that allows a detailed analysis, as outlined in the paper "Angular Insertion Depth for Cochlear Implantation: A Comparative Analysis on Precision of CT, MRI, and x-Ray" which published in the July 2026 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Click here to read the full article.

Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, and Associate Editor Jakob Fischer, MD, to discuss the overall symptom severity score that provides a global assessment of symptom burden associated with chronic rhinosinusitis, as outlined in the paper "Psychometric Validation of the Overall Symptom Severity Score for Chronic Rhinosinusitis" which published in the June 2026 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Click here to read the full article. Click here to view the visual abstract.