Otologic outcomes after blast injury: The Boston Marathon experience

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1825-1834

  Remenschneider, Aaron K ^a,b,c   Lookabaugh, Sarah ^b   Aliphas, Avner ^d   Brodsky, Jacob R ^a,e   Devaiah, Anand K ^d   Dagher, Walid ^f   Grundfast, Kenneth M ^d   Heman Ackah, Selena E ^a,g   Rubin, Samuel ^d   Sillman, Jonathan ^f   Tsai, Angela C ^d   Vecchiotti, Mark ^f   Kujawa, Sharon G ^a,b   Lee, Daniel J ^a,b,c,h   Quesnel, Alicia M ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Boston Marathon bombings; Hearing loss; Quality of life; Tympanic membrane perforation; Tympanoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLICATION; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; TYMPANOPLASTY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 84928233089     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000616     Document Type: Article

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