Permanent bilateral acoustic trauma due to air bag deployment in a young female adult

Permanent bilateral acoustic trauma due to air bag deployment in a young female adult

Air bag safety systems have significantly reduced the number of occupant injuries from road traffic accidents (RTA). However air bag deployment is also associated with unavoidable risks. We report the acoustic trauma incurred by a young female driver who was a heavy smoker as a consequence of air-ba...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of laryngology and otology 2003-02, Vol.117 (2), p.138-140
Hauptverfasser: Kastanioudakis, Ioannis, Exarchakos, Georgios, Ziavra, Nausica, Skevas, Antonios
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
(RF) Otorhinolaryngology
Accidents
Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Air Bags
Air Bags - adverse effects
Audiometry
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
Female
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced - diagnosis
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced - etiology
Humans
Medical sciences
Noise-induced
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Smoking - adverse effects
Traffic
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Air bag safety systems have significantly reduced the number of occupant injuries from road traffic accidents (RTA). However air bag deployment is also associated with unavoidable risks. We report the acoustic trauma incurred by a young female driver who was a heavy smoker as a consequence of air-bag deployment in a low speed RTA and the sparing of her child seated in the rear.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1258/002221503762624611