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ROBERT J. FEDER, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1986;112(2):145.

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Over the past four decades medicine has evolved into more than a discipline that has been categorized as part science and part art. Reliance is shifting from rough subjective notations to more orderly objective documentation for the analysis of facts and findings. Hard-copy documentation is becoming the standard as we head into the more sophisticated computer space age. Otology has led the way in otolaryngology as complete audiometrics, including air and bone conduction, speech reception thresholds, and speech discrimination studies, become routine. These latter studies have now become the acceptable standard in private offices across the nation. Add to this the improvement in roentgenographic documentation that has occurred since World War II and the progress boggles the mind. We have barely delved into computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance looms closer than the horizon.

Modern-day laryngology had its beginnings in 1854 when the vocal cords could be examined by indirect . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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