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Acoustic trauma - Treatment

Alternative Names

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

Treatment:

The hearing loss may not be treatable. The goal of treatment is to protect the ear from further damage.

A hearing aid may help you communicate. You can learn coping skills, such as lip reading.

Expectations (prognosis):

Hearing loss may be permanent in the affected ear. Ear protection may prevent the hearing loss from getting worse.

Complications:

Progressive hearing loss is the main complication of acoustic trauma.

Calling your health care provider:

Call for an appointment with your health care provider if:

You have symptoms of acoustic trauma
Hearing loss occurs or gets worse

Sound wave transmission

Reviewed last on: 10/10/2008
Alan Lipkin, MD, Otolaryngologist, Private Practice, Denver, Colorado. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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