@article{ref1,
title="Audiometric configurations in acute acoustic trauma caused by firearms",
journal="Scandinavian audiology",
year="1987",
author="Ylikoski, J.",
volume="16",
number="3",
pages="115-120",
abstract="We have analysed pure-tone audiometry curve of 361 Finnish conscripts who suffered acute acoustic trauma during their military service. In more than 75% of the ears the hearing loss was found in the high-frequency region (above 2 kHz). In the remaining 25% the speech frequency range was also affected. The main threshold shift started at 1 kHz in 8%, at 2 kHz in 49%, at 4 kHz in 19% and at 6 kHz in 6% of the ears. Impulse noise from large-calibre weapons and explosions appeared to cause low-tone hearing loss slightly more often than small arms fire. No etiological differences were apparent between the ears with dip-type hearing loss and ears with more abrupt-like hearing loss.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0105-0397",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}