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Chapter 2: 2002 – 2006

which was launched in September 2003, was a new outreach effort to highlight otolaryngology training and expertise in the treatment of hearing loss and related disorders. The campaign featured instruction courses and research presentations that offered practical information for patient care and promising medical breakthroughs, all related to hearing health. World Voice Day 2006: The Academy’s Ethics Committee adopted a policy to help ensure gender equity in the specialty. The AAO-HNS Code of Ethics endorsed the current opinions of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association, which set forth the AMA’s position against gender discrimination in the medical profession. With that the AAO-HNS Ethics Committee would receive and review complaints about such discrimination in accordance with the procedures.

diagnosis of the ear; ensured that patients with hearing and balance disorders, as medical disorders, received appropriate medical diagnosis by a qualified, licensed physician; and enhanced access to qualified hearing healthcare providers for the hearing impaired. On May 18, 2005, the Academy participated in Hearing on the Hill, a legislative advocacy event to promote hearing loss to legislators. AAO-HNS members James C. Denneny III, MD, Neil O. Ward, MD, and Traci Di Trapani, OTO tech, participated in the event. The event provided the opportunity for the Academy to discuss hearing health issues that impacted otolaryngology with legislators and their staff. In addition, legislators and their staffs were treated to video-otoscopy by Dr. Denneny and Dr. Ward and audiometric screenings performed by Ms. Di Trapani. Hearing on the Hill was the first public event in which one of the Academy’s first OTO tech graduates from the CPOP program participated. In 2003, the Academy increased its involvement in “May Is Better Hearing and Speech Month” to promote the specialty’s role in hearing healthcare during the month of May. Additionally, “Hearing Health for Life,”

The Academy endorsed the 2003 recommendation of the Speech, Voice and Swallowing Disorders Committee that the Academy participate in cosponsoring World Voice Day, April 16, 2003. The Brazilian Society of Laryngology and Voice started a National Voice Day in 1999. This was organized around a variety of activities directed at improved awareness of voice problems and the availability of voice care to the public. Subsequently, the European Laryngological Society and the Academy agreed in 2003 to join Brazil to form a World Voice Day. The objectives were to raise awareness about voice related occupations and

the subsequent impact of voice disorders. It served to highlight the role of otolaryngology in the diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders and to raise awareness about risk factors for laryngeal cancer. The Academy effort in 2003 was led by Clark A. Rosen, MD, and Norman D. Hogikyan, MD.

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