Online ISSN: 1303-6289
Print ISSN: 0304-4793


Published Online: 
April 1, 2002


Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2002; 40(1): 64-67 Abstract



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Hearing Loss Related with Lightening Strike: A Case Report and Literature Review

Yıldırım Çarpmasına Bağlı İşitme Kaybı: Bir Olgu Sunumu ve Literatürün Gözden Geçirilmesi

Hakan Çankaya


Yüzüncü Yıl University, Medical Faculty, Department of ENT, Van, Turkey
Key Words

Lightening strike, tympanic membrane perforation, hearing loss
Abstract

 

 

 

In this study, we present a 33 year old male patient with multiple perforations in his ear drum and conductive type hearing loss of 40 dB because of a nearby strike while talking at the phone and our review on the literature.

Accepted after revision: September 10, 2001
Correspondence:
Hakan Çankaya, MD 
Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi KBB Anabilim Dalı
Van - Türkiye, Phone: (0432) 212 08 76, Fax: (0432) 216 65 63
e-mail: hcankaya2@hotmail.com

 



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