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

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? 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 Menière'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 Menière's disease.