Acoustic trauma

Acoustic trauma is the sustainment of an injury to the eardrum as a result of a very loud noise. Its scope usually covers loud noises with a short duration, such as an explosion, gunshot or a burst of loud shouting. The range of severity can vary from pain to hearing loss.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/ss/slideshow-causes

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H99, 380–389)

Outer ear

Middle ear
and mastoid

Inner ear and
central pathways

Equilibrioception

Hearing

Hearing impairment	Conductive hearing loss Otosclerosis Superior canal dehiscence Sensorineural hearing loss Presbycusis Cortical deafness Nonsyndromic deafness

Excessive response	Tinnitus Hyperacusis/Phonophobia

Deafblindness	Wolfram syndrome Usher syndrome

Other	Auditory processing disorder Spatial hearing loss

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, December 15, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

Acoustic trauma

See also

References