Chief Editor: Reda Kamel1 ‎

General Secretary: Ahmed Ragab2 ‎

General Coordinator: Baliegh Hamdy3 ‎

Scientific Board: Ashraf Khaled,4 Mohamed Ghonaim,5 Mahmoud Abdel Aziz,6 Tarek ‎Ghanoum,7 Mahmoud Yousef8 ‎

Otology Chief Manager: Ali Mahrous12 ‎

Assembly board: Sherif Guindi,9 Yasser Shewel,10 Mahmoud Mandour,6 ‎Usama Kamal,11 Ahmed Hesham Galal10 ‎

Grading Board (In alphabetical order): Mohamed Abdel Badie,5 Gamal Abdel ‎Fattah,1 Doaa Abdel Halim,12 Ashraf Alhamshary,13 Mahmoud Badr El-Dine,10 Aziz ‎Belal,10 Ezz Eldine Elshikh,14 Fathi Erfan,6 Ayman Fouad,6 Amr Galal,15 Mahmoud ‎Ahmad Hamed,16 Haytham Hassan,10 Nabila Ibrahim,12 Ashraf Lotfy,17 Osama ‎Metwaly,1 Amir Gorguy Mina,10 Waleed Monir,5 Ihab Nada,18 Mahmoud Qotb,9 ‎Mohamed Refaat,19 Ashraf Salah el Dine,17 Yousef Shabana6 ‎

Reviewing Board (In alphabetical order): Hani Garem,10 Hisham Hamad,6 Saad El ‎Zayat15 Hesham Taha20 Iman Iskandar21 Lydia Youssef22‎

Ministry of health ECPG steering committee: Reda Kamel1, Ahmed Ragab2, ‎Mahmoud Abdelaziz6, Mohamed Elsheikh6, Sherif Guindi9, Ali Mahrous12, Louay ‎Sharkawy1, Saad Elzayat15, Ahmed Abu Elwafa23, Iman Sadek20, Mahmoud Yousef8, ‎Samir Halim24, Ahmed Mustafa25, Ehab Seifein 25, Ashraf Lotfy26, Mohamed ‎Eltokhy27, Tamer Azzam27‎

‎1Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Cairo University, 2Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Menoufia University, ‎‎3Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Minia University, ‎‎4Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Beni-Suef University, ‎‎5Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Mansoura University, ‎‎6Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Tanta University, 7Audiovestibular ‎Unit, Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Cairo University, 8Phoniatrics Unit, ‎Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Ain Shams University, ‎‎9Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Fayoum University, ‎‎10Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Alexandria University, ‎‎11Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/South Valley University, ‎‎12Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Al Azhar University, ‎‎13Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Banha University, ‎‎14Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Zagazig University, ‎‎15Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Kafr El Shiekh University, ‎‎16Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Sohag University, ‎‎17Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Military Medical Academy, ‎‎18Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Misr University for Science and ‎Technology, 19Otorhinolaryngology Dep. Faculty of Medicine/Suez Canal University ‎Faculty of Medicine/Al Azhar University, 20Audiovestibular Unit, Otorhinolaryngology ‎Department, Faculty of Medicine/ Ain Shams University, 21Paediatric Dep. Faculty of ‎Medicine/Cairo University, 22Head nurse, Out-patient Clinic, Hayat Medical Center ‎‎(HMC), 23 Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine/ Assiut University, ‎‎24Otorhinolaryngology Department Mataria Teaching Hospital, ‎‎25Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine/ Hearing and Speech ‎Institute, 26Otorhinolaryngology Department Secretariat of the Ministry of Defense, ‎‎27Otorhinolaryngology Department Ministry of Interior Medical Services Sector.‎

-   Sincere thanks extend to the secretaries: Samar Hussein and Eman Ragab, as well as ‎the editor: Mohamed Salah

AAP       American academy of pediatricians

AAFP     American academy of family practitioners

AOM     Acute otitis media

CPG      Clinical Practice Guideline

GRADE  Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and evaluation

MEE        Middle ear effusion ‎

MRI ‎        Magnetic Resonance Imaging

OME       Otitis media with effusion

RCT         Randomized controlled trial

TM          Tympanic membrane