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Sensorineural Hearing Loss due to Air Bag Deployment
Sensorineural Hearing Loss due to Air Bag Deployment
- Source :
- Case Reports in Otolaryngology, Vol 2012 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2012.
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Abstract
- Deployment of the air bag in a passenger vehicle accident rarely causes otologic injuries. However, sensorineural hearing loss induced by air bag deployment is extremely rare, with only a few cases reported in the English literature. A 38-year-old man involved in a traffic accident while driving his car at 40 km/hour presented with right sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, without associated vertigo. Pure-tone audiometry demonstrated elevated thresholds of 30 dB and 25 dB at 4 kHz and 8 kHz, respectively, on the right side. Air bag deployment in car accidents is associated with the risk of development of sensorineural hearing loss.
- Subjects :
- Otorhinolaryngology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20906765 and 20906773
- Volume :
- 2012
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Otolaryngology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4d3fd1aa4ff4b25aa652c1c64901a7a
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/203714