Citation

Money KE, Buckingham IP, Calder IM, Johnson WH, King JD, Landolt JP, Laufer J, Ludman H. Undersea Biomed. Res. 1985; 12(1): 77-84.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Undersea Medical Society)

DOI

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PMID

4035820

Abstract

Postmortem human tissue from recently deceased divers was processed histologically to assess any inner and middle ear damage that could have resulted from the effects of pressure during diving. The following new findings are particularly noteworthy. In one diver, ascent while breath holding resulted in the rupture of the ear drum and blood in the middle ear, in addition to pulmonary barotrauma. In a second diver, following inner ear decompression sickness, new bone growth, similar to that described earlier in experimental studies with the squirrel monkey, was observed in the arms of one of the semicircular canals. These observations are further confirmation that otologic disorders can be a serious threat to divers.

Language: en