A&A: Anesthesia & Analgesia
AA: Anesthesiologist Assistant
AA: Arytenoid Aduction
AAA: Age Anaesthesia Association
AAA: Anesthesia Administration Assembly
AANA: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
ABA: American Board of Anesthesiology
ABR: Auditory Brainstem Response
ACVA: American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists
AGAI: Vienna Anesthesia and Intensive Care Association
AHI: apnea-hypopnea index
AI: apnea index
AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIED: autoimmune inner ear disease
ALD: Assistive Listening Device
AMA: American Medical Association
AOM: acute otitis media
AR: allergic rhinitis
ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists
ASSO: Austrian Society for Surgical Oncology
ATH: adenotonsillar hypertrophy
AVA: Association of Veterinary Anesthetists
avm: arteriovenous malformation
BAER: brainstem auditory evoked response
BAHA: Bone Anchored Hearing Aid
BCC: Basal Cell Carcinoma
BMT: Bilateral Myringotomy And Tubes
boa: behavioral observation audiometry
BOTOX: botulinum toxin
BPPV: benign positional paroxysmal vertigo
BTE: behind the ear
Bx: biopsy
chl: conductive hearing loss
CNS: central nervous system
com: chronic otitis media
COME: chronic otitis media with effusion
cpa: cerebellopontine angle
CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
CROS: contralateral routing of signal
CSF: cerebrospinal fluid