@article{ref1,
title="Otologic and audiologic lesions due to blast injury",
journal="Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology",
year="2008",
author="Nageris, Ben I. and Attias, Joseph and Shemesh, Rafi",
volume="19",
number="3-4",
pages="185-191",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0792-6855",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}