title: Pediatric sudden sensorineural hearing loss after diving.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sensorineural hearing loss after diving from a low height has been rarely reported especially in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present and discuss a new case of pediatric sudden sensorineural hearing loss after diving.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medical and surgical approaches (indications and timing of explorative tympanotomy) to this occurrence are still controversial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35100 Padua, Italy. rmr@unipd.it
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marchese-Ragona
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marioni
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ottaviano
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gaio
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Staffieri
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Filippis
mesh_terms: D001469:Barotrauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests