Otology is the study of which part of the body?
Otology Otology Otology is a branch of medicine which studies normal and pathological anatomy and physiology of the ear (hearing and vestibular sensory systems and related structures and functions) as well as their diseases, diagnosis and treatment. Otologic surgery generally refers to surgery of the middle ear and mastoid related to chronic otitis media, such as tympanoplasty, or ear drum surgery, ossiculoplasty, or surgery of the hearing bones, and mastoidectomy. Otology also includes surgical treatment of conductive hearing loss, such as stapedectomy surgery for otosclerosis. Neurotology, a related field of medicine and subspecialty of Otolaryngology, is the study of diseases of
Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology is a peer-reviewed monthly medical journal addressing topics in otolaryngology. It is the official journal of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association. The journal was established in 1892 by James Pleasant Parker (Kansas City Polyclinic Post-Graduate Medical School) as the "Annals of Ophthalmology and Otology". It was published by his brother, Jones H. Parker (St. Louis, Missouri). On the editor's death his role was assumed by Casey A. Wood (Chicago) in 1896. The following year the journal was split into the quarterlies "Annals of Ophthalmology" and "Annals of Otology,