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| Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid1, Arturo Torres-Valenzuela2, Yvette De la Fuente-Rivera2, Vanessa Crystal Sánchez-Escalante3, Luis Cuauhtémoc Haro-García4, Cuauhtémoc Arturo Juárez-Pérez5, | ||||||
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1MD, MSc, PhD, Occupational Health Research Unit, National Medical Center "Siglo XXI", Mexico City, Mexico.
2MD, BS, Audiology Ward, Specialty Hospital, National Medical Center "Siglo XXI", Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico. 3MD, BS, MD, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico City, Mexico. 4MD, MSc, PhD. Public Health Department, Occupational Health Branch, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico. 5MD, MSc, Occupational Health Research Unit, National Medical Center "Siglo XXI", Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico. | ||||||
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| Aguilar-Madrid G, Torres-Valenzuela A, Fuente-Rivera YDL, Sánchez-Escalante VC, Haro-García LC, Juárez-Pérez CA. Ear damage by high voltage electrification in a mexican worker. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2012;3(10):43–46. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Altered hearing has been reported in persons who received electrical discharge by lightning.
Case Report: The case of a Mexican worker electrified by a high voltage (23 kV) electrical current is described as having hearing loss, absent otoacoustic emissions, and increased latency of all waves and interwave intervals of auditory evoked potentials of the brainstem. The worker showed permanent hearing loss post high voltage electrocution (23 kV), with progressive sensorineural hearing loss and perturbed neural conduction of the auditory nerve, and disturbed neuroconduction of the auditory nerve following to a high voltage The case of a Mexican worker electrified by a high voltage (23 kV) electrical current is described as having hearing loss, absent otoacoustic emissions, and increased latency of all waves and interwave intervals of auditory evoked potentials of the brainstem. The worker showed permanent hearing loss post high voltage electrocution (23 kV), with progressive sensorineural hearing loss and perturbed neural conduction of the auditory nerve, and disturbed neuroconduction of the auditory nerve following to a high voltage electrical discharge. Conclusion: Given the implications in rehabilitation and the social and legal consequences patients should be fully evaluated, including a complete hearing study. | |
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Key Words:
Hearing loss, Electrification, High voltage, Work accident
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Author Contributions:
Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Arturo Torres-Valenzuela - Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Yvette De la Fuente-Rivera - Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Vanessa Crystal Sánchez-Escalante - Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Luis Cuauhtémoc Haro-García - Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Cuauhtémoc Arturo Juárez-Pérez - Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission:
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support:
None |
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Conflict of interest:
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright:
© Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid et al. 2012; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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