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Lightning and its effects on the auditory system
D T Jones1, F P Ogren, L H Roh
1Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
The Laryngoscope
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
Patients struck by lightning can present with a wide variety of unusual otologic problems including burns to the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane rupture, middle ear injury, and sensorineural hearing loss. Four patients who incurred various otologic problems, including one patient with previously unreported bilateral oval window fistulas following lightning injury, are presented. Audiologic, otologic, and surgical findings are reviewed as well as patient follow-up and outcome.