Table 12.

Summary table with sample comments received for the first draft of the AAO-HNS otitis media with effusion guideline with disposition

Line	Source	Comment	Disposition
515	Fred	Change "may be" to "is"	Done
524–26	Sara	[very important] The statement regarding susceptibility to deficits in older children is not validated. I would delete	I agree; the paragraph reads better without it
526	John	…reading ability due to prolonged MEE? Or to the hearing loss associated with it?	Sentence was deleted
529	Sara	“Given enough time” we’re all dead! Get rid of that phrase!	Done
533–6	Mike	Would be useful to add the relative risk for these - would indicate the degree of risk they convey	The odds ratios for all are about 2.0–3.0; we decided previously as a group not to put these in
547	Fred	Would start new paragraph at "Conditions"	Done
554	Karen	Define sound field.	Reworded and defined
566	John	Not acceptable, “or surgery” should not be there.	Sorry, but the rest of the group disagrees. We are listing surgery here as an option based on individual circumstances, not as a recommendation as in the prior guideline. The existing evidence is not strong enough to eliminate surgery as an option.