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Trauma to the Inner Ear

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Temporal bone fractures are best classified as “otic capsule-sparing” or “otic capsule-violating”. Otic capsule-violating fractures are more likely to be associated with facial paralysis, CSF leakage, a profound sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo and an intracranial hemorrhage. A high resolution CT scan is the investigation of choice for fracture localization. Following skull fracture patients continue to be at greater risk for meningitis.

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  1. Cochlear Implant Dept., Tehran University of Medical Sciences Amiralam Hospital, Saadi Ave., Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Motasaddi Zarandy MD (Professor)

  2. Dept. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Centre for Advanced Hearing, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada

    John Rutka MD, FRCSC (Professor)

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  1. Amiralam Hospital, Cochlear Implant Dept., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Saadi Ave., Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Motasaddi Zarandy

  2. Dept. Otolaryngology-Head & Neck, Centre for Advanced Hearing &, University of Toronto, Elizabeth St. 200, Toronto, M5G 2C4, Canada

    John Rutka

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Zarandy, M.M., Rutka, J. (2010). Trauma to the Inner Ear. In: Motasaddi Zarandy, M., Rutka, J. (eds) Diseases of the Inner Ear. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05058-9_5

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