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Sensorineural Hearing Loss due to Air Bag Deployment

Sensorineural Hearing Loss due to Air Bag Deployment

Authors :
Masafumi Ohki
Jyunichi Ishikawa
Atsushi Tahara
Source :
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, Vol 2012 (2012)
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Hindawi Limited, 2012.

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

Subjects :
Otorhinolaryngology
RF1-547

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