Otology is evolving with new innovation in science and medicine. Artificial intelligence and Automation can make life easier. The most challenging system to study is the inner ear. There are many advances occurring in recent years with new scientific tools and methods like auditory genetics and gene therapy, organ of Corti regeneration, neural prostheses, ototoxic chemoprevention that can bring challenging difference in otology with innovative therapies for untreatable ear diseases in the recent future.

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Citation: Meenesh Juvekar and Mohnish Grover. “The Future of Otology". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 2.7 (2020): 01-03.

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