Citation

Sataloff J, Hawkshaw MJ, Sataloff RT. Ear Nose Throat J. 2010; 89(1): E15-9.

Affiliation

Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Medquests Communications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20155683

Abstract

Gun-shooting deafness is the common terminology applied to sensorineural hearing loss caused by shooting firearms. Many characteristics of gun-shooting hearing loss have been proposed, but they have not been defined clearly or established conclusively. We studied 37 users of recreational firearms to obtain pilot data to help determine if it is true that right-handed gun shooters develop more hearing loss in the left ear and vice versa, whether everyone who frequently shoots guns develops sensorineural hearing loss, and whether significant hearing loss is typically prevented by wearing commercially available ear protectors while shooting.

Language: en