I n recent years, otolaryngologists have been urged to use video endoscopic laryngoscopy as their standard laryngeal examination. Mirror laryngoscopy, it is pointed out, is subjective, fleeting, and memory-dependent. By contrast, video laryngoscopy is visually and acoustically objective, as well as documentary and archival. Nevertheless, there must be many laryngologists who look for further evidence that the expense of video endoscopic equipment-and the time involved in performing, taping, and retrieving the records of these examinations-is justified. Video laryngoscopy would be the standard procedure if this were not the case. Perhaps it would be useful to itemize the claims for video en-From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville (Dr. Pearson), and the Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic-Rochester (Dr. Neel).
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