Permanent bilateral acoustic trauma due to air bag deployment in a young female adult.
Air bag safety systems have significantly reduced the number of occupant injuries from road traffic accidents (RTA). However air bag deployment is also associated with unavoidable risks. We report the acoustic trauma incurred by a young female driver who was a heavy smoker as a consequence of air-bag deployment in a low speed RTA and the sparing of her child seated in the rear.
Kastanioudakis
Ioannis
I
Department of Otolaryngology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece. otorl@cc.uoi.gr
Exarchakos
Georgios
G
Ziavra
Nausica
N
Skevas
Antonios
A
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D017278:Air Bags / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001299:Audiometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications