Inner ear damage in children due to noise exposure from toy cap pistols and firecrackers: A retrospective review of 53 cases

Noise and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 13-18

  Segal, S ^a   Eviatar, E ^a   Lapinsky, J ^a   Shlamkovitch, N ^a   Kessler, Alex ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Inner ear; Noise; Toys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; LEISURE; MALE; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD WELFARE; DIZZINESS; FIREARM; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DIZZINESS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TINNITUS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 0038316464     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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