[Three applications and the challenge of the big data in otology]

With the expansion of human practical activities, more and more areas have suffered from big data problems. The emergence of big data requires people to update the research paradigm and develop new technical methods. This review discussed that big data might bring opportunities and challenges in the area of auditory implantation, the deafness genome, and auditory pathophysiology, and pointed out that we needed to find appropriate theories and methods to make this kind of expectation into reality.