title: Clinical practice guideline: tinnitus executive summary.
abstract: The American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) has published a supplement to this issue featuring the new Clinical Practice Guideline: Tinnitus. To assist in implementing the guideline recommendations, this article summarizes the rationale, purpose, and key action statements. The 13 recommendations developed address the evaluation of patients with tinnitus, including selection and timing of diagnostic testing and specialty referral to identify potential underlying treatable pathology. It will then focus on the evaluation and treatment of patients with persistent primary tinnitus, with recommendations to guide the evaluation and measurement of the impact of tinnitus and to determine the most appropriate interventions to improve symptoms and quality of life for tinnitus sufferers.
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA dtunkel@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Tunkel
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Partnership for Health Analytic Research, LLC, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Gordon H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
authors.affiliation: New York Otology, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Sujana S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chandrasekhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Quality Improvement, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Eugene R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Rhinology & Sinus Surgery and Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Sanford M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Blakley
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine and Aging, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Evelyn C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Granieri
authors.affiliation: National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.affiliation: ENT Specialists of Northern Virginia, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Deena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hollingsworth
authors.affiliation: Ochsner Health System, Kenner, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Fawad A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Mitchell & Cavallo, P.C., Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Department of Otology and Neurotology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Ashkan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monfared
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Craig W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.affiliation: Morehouse School of Medicine, East Point, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Folashade S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Omole
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Imaging, Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: C Douglas
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Malcolm B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Taw
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waguespack
authors.affiliation: Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Whamond
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D037001:Directive Counseling; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: amplification; hearing aids; hearing loss; quality of life; sound therapy; tinnitus