The AAO-HNS Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium guidelines for the diagnosis and evaluation of therapy in Menière's disease: have they been applied in the published literature of the last decade?

Abstract

To assess how effectively the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium (AAO-HNS CHE) guidelines for the diagnosis and evaluation of therapy in Meniere's disease have been applied in the last 11 years of published literature. This was a MedLine-based review. Some 79.7% of papers attempted to use the AAO-HNS CHE guidelines. However, only 50% of these publications managed to use the AAO-HNS CHE criteria in the diagnosis and evaluation of therapy correctly. In order to advance our understanding of this condition, improved application of the AAO-HNS CHE guidelines by authors and editors alike is required in the reporting of results of the therapy of Meniere's disease.