@article{ref1,
title="Severe sensorineural hearing loss caused by lightning. A temporal bone case report",
journal="Archives of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery",
year="1988",
author="Youngs, R. and Deck, J. and Kwok, P. and Hawke, M.",
volume="114",
number="10",
pages="1184-1187",
abstract="To our knowledge, this article represents the second temporal bone case report in the literature of profound bilateral sensorineural deafness resulting from a lightning strike to the neck. Initial survival permitted antemortem audiologic testing, the results of which suggested severe cochlear abnormalities. Both temporal bones showed widespread inner-ear changes with absent organs of Corti, rupture and collapse of Reissner's membrane, strial degeneration, and a decreased spiral ganglion cell population. The occurrence of inner-ear trauma with an intact tympanic membrane and normal middle-ear structures suggests that a mechanism other than blast injury was responsible for the pathologic changes in this case.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-4470",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}