Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Hearing impairment in infants and children".)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform auditory brainstem responses (ABR) in patients with asymmetrical hearing loss. Asymmetrical hearing loss is defined as bone conduction threshold difference of: (a) 20 dB threshold difference at a single frequency, (b) 15 dB threshold difference at 2 frequencies, (c) 10 db threshold difference at 3 frequencies (2017)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform computed tomography or blood work in the evaluation of a patient with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) given its presumed viral etiology (2017)

United States

●American Academy of Audiology (AAA): Guidelines and standards

●American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNS): Clinical practice guideline – Ménière’s disease (2020)

●AAO-HNS: Clinical practice guideline – Sudden hearing loss, update (2019)

●American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM): Guidance statement on occupational noise-induced hearing loss (2018)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on hearing loss and/or vertigo (2018)

●AAO-HNS: Clinical practice guideline – Cerumen impaction (2017)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't order imaging studies in patients with non-pulsatile bilateral tinnitus, symmetric hearing loss and an otherwise normal history and physical examination (2015)

●AAO-HNS: Clinical practice guideline – Tinnitus (2014)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't order computed tomography (CT) scan of the head/brain for sudden hearing loss (2013)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on hearing loss in older adults – Screening (2012)

United Kingdom

●British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP): Documents, guidelines and clinical standards

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on tinnitus – Assessment and management (2020)

●NICE: Quality standard on hearing loss in adults (2019)

●NICE: Guideline on hearing loss in adults – Assessment and management (2018)

Australia-New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't order computed tomography (CT) scan of the head/brain for sudden hearing loss