@article{ref1,
title="Sensorineural hearing loss due to air bag deployment",
journal="Case reports in otolaryngology",
year="2012",
author="Ohki, Masafumi and Ishikawa, Jyunichi and Tahara, Atsushi",
volume="2012",
number="online",
pages="203714-203714",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-6765",
doi="10.1155/2012/203714",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/203714"
}