@article{ref1,
title="Inner ear damage in TORP-operated ears: experimental study on danger from environmental air pressure changes",
journal="Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology",
year="1999",
author="Pau, H. W.",
volume="108",
number="8",
pages="745-749",
abstract="In some cases of sudden inner ear hearing loss in ears with a total ossicular replacement prosthesis, the prosthesis has been found to be penetrating the footplate. Some authors have assumed an external pressure increase for this event. In this study I tried to estimate experimentally the pressure needed for perforating a normal footplate in a temporal bone model. From the data I concluded that &quot;cracking&quot; the footplate can hardly be due to 1 major event of increased pressure. On the other hand, different mechanisms making the footplate a &quot;weak spot&quot; must be discussed and further investigated. In those cases, secondary to thinned or even perforated footplates, environmental pressure changes may be dangerous.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-4894",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}