American Otological Society

**About the Society** ****American Otological Society, Inc.**** With the constant and continuous advancements in medicine and the potential direct impact of such advancements on improved services to medical patients, the need to share information and provide education concerning these advancements continues to grow. The American Otological Society, Inc., an Illinois not-for- profit organization, provides education relating to the understanding and management of otologic and neurotological disorders. AOS provides such education by: (1) hosting an annual meeting whereby experts in these fields present educational speeches on such topics; (2) offering workshops at the annual meetings during which attendees are encouraged to discuss and share information regarding current topics related to otologic and neurotological disorders; and (3) co-publishing a journal, originally named “The American Journal of Otology” and currently “Otology & Neurotology.” Although the Society was originally formed in 1868, it was not until 1926 that the AOS was incorporated in the state of New York as a domestic not-for-profit organization (“AOS-NY”), to assume all the educational activities of the American Otological Society including those activities relating to hosting annual meetings and conducting research activities involving studies related to otosclerosis. Based on said activities, AOS-NY was transferred to Illinois on August 30, 2002 and was granted 501(c)(3) status. The society was reorganized in Illinois as AOS, Inc., a “gross receipts charity per 509(a)(2) of the tax code. To retain this designation, AOS, Inc. must not exceed one-third of its annual support through investment income. Therefore, three days later, an additional 501(c)(3) corporation, the AOS Research Foundation (AOS/RF), was formed. This is a “Type II supporting organization” per 509(a)(3) of the tax code, which is not subject to limits on investment income, and exists to support AOS, Inc. and its charitable mission. The assets of the Society designated for research were then transferred to the AOS/RF thereby dividing the educational mission (AOS, Inc.) from the research mission (AOS/RF). The AOS, Inc. co-publishes “Otology & Neurotology”, and "ONO" a journal devoted to otological and/or neurotological research, services, and/or basic science. The co-publisher of the Journal is the American Neurotology Society, Inc., also a 501(c)(3) organization. The Journal is a leading international publisher of professional health information for physicians, nurses, specialized clinicians and students. As the foremost journal in its field, it has become the favored place for publishing the best of new science relating to the human ear and its diseases. The broadly international character of its contributing authors, editorial board, and readership provides the Journal its decidedly global perspective.