Acute hearing loss after airbag deployment

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 683-686

  Chao, Nicole ^a   Pomerantz, Wendy J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbag deployment; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR INFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; AIR BAGS; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 6044252333     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000142955.88759.42     Document Type: Article

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