Facial paralysis and vaccinations: a vaccine adverse event reporting system review.

Background: Vaccinations are a cornerstone of preventative medicine in the USA. However, growing concerns regarding facial nerve palsy following vaccination exist.

Objective: This study aims to assess the occurrence of facial palsy as reported by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database.

Landscape of Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts Grant Recipients Over the Past Decade.

Objective: To investigate the demographics of CORE grant recipients (Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts) over the last decade and evaluate disparity among recipients as compared with otolaryngology overall. To assess whether procurement of a grant predicts pursuit of an academic career.

Study Design: Analysis of grant recipients' bibliometrics.

Helping Children with Special Needs: Who Receives Tympanostomy Tubes?

Objectives: Tympanostomy tubes can prevent sequelae of otitis media that adversely affect long term hearing and language development in children. These negative outcomes compound the existing difficulties faced by children who are already diagnosed with developmental disorders. This study aims to characterize this subset of children with developmental disorders undergoing myringotomy and tympanostomy tube insertion.