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Acoustic trauma - Symptom

Alternative Names

Injury - inner ear; Trauma - inner ear; Ear injury

Symptoms:

  • Hearing loss
    • Usually partial and involving high-pitched sounds
    • May be slowly progressive
  • Noises, ringing in the ear (tinnitus)

Signs and tests:

A good indicator of acoustic trauma is a hearing loss that follows exposure to noise. Audiometry may determine the extent of the hearing loss.

  • Reviewed last on: 10/20/2006
  • Alden J. Pearl, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.