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Sensorineural Hearing Loss due to Air Bag Deployment

Author(s) -

Masafumi Ohki,

Jyunichi Ishikawa,

Atsushi Tahara

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in otolaryngology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6765

pISSN - 2090-6773

DOI - 10.1155/2012/203714

Subject(s) - tinnitus , sensorineural hearing loss , medicine , audiology , software deployment , hearing loss , pure tone audiometry , vertigo , audiometry , surgery , computer science , operating system

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.

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