Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Injury - inner ear; Trauma - inner ear; Ear injury
Symptoms
- Hearing loss
- Usually partial and involving high-pitched sounds
- May slowly get worse
- Noises, ringing in the ear (
tinnitus )
Signs and tests
The health care provider will usually suspect acoustic trauma if hearing loss occurs after noise exposure.
Images
Sound wave transmission
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Acoustic trauma Treatment
Review Date: 08/04/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of
Medicine; Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve,
MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
