TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Severe sensorineural hearing loss caused by lightning. A temporal bone case report
JO  - Archives of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery
A1  - Youngs, R.
A1  - Deck, J.
A1  - Kwok, P.
A1  - Hawke, M.
SP  - 1184
EP  - 1187
VL  - 114
IS  - 10
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-4470
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -