Citation

Nageris BI, Attias J, Shemesh R. J. Basic Clin. Physiol. Pharmacol. 2008; 19(3-4): 185-191.

Affiliation

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqwa, Israel. bennyn@clalit.org.il

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Israel Physiological and Pharmacological Society, Publisher Freund Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19025030

Abstract

AIM: To evaluate the effect of blast injury on the otologic and hearing state over time. SETTING: Otology unit of a tertiary referral center. METHODS: Seventy-three patients aged 16 to 73 years who sustained physical trauma from an explosion underwent otologic and audiologic examination 3-4 months and one year later. RESULTS: At the first examination, high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss was detected in 57 patients (78%), mixed hearing loss in 13 (19%), and low-tone conductive hearing loss in two (3%). Conductive hearing loss had improved by one year, while the cochlear hearing loss, in most cases, did not. Only 7% of the patients with tinnitus reported improvement after one year. CONCLUSIONS: The permanent otologic damage caused by blast injury cannot be determined before one year after the traumatic event.

Language: en