Cochlear implantation for severe sensorineural hearing loss caused by lightning.
Lightning strike can produce an array of clinical symptoms and injuries. It may damage multiple organs and cause auditory injuries ranging from transient hearing loss and vertigo to complete disruption of the auditory system. Tympanic-membrane rupture is relatively common in patients with lightning injury. The exact pathogenetic mechanisms of auditory lesions in lightning survivors have not been fully elucidated. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss caused by a lightning strike, who was successfully rehabilitated after a cochlear implantation.
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Gyeongnam, Korea.
Nam-Suk
NS
Myung
Il-Woo
IW
Lee
Eui-Kyung
EK
Goh
Soo-Keun
SK
Kong
D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008030:Lightning; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged