JARO publishes research findings from all disciplines related to otolaryngology and communications sciences, including hearing, balance, the chemical senses, voice, speech, and laryngeal function. The peer-reviewed journal publishes papers presenting studies of basic and clinical significance in both humans and animal models, describing experimental and theoretical studies of the processes that underlie evolution, development, structure, function, etiology and intervention. Papers from the basic sciences or papers of an experimental nature describing clinical research are welcome.