1 Consulting Editor, Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, Past President, American Academy of Otolaryngology-, Head and Neck Surgery; Secretary-Treasurer, American Otological Society; Partner, ENT & Allergy Associates LLP, 18 East 48th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA; Clinical Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-, Head and Neck Surgery Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-, Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: ssc@nyotology.com.