Sumit Sharma¹*, Ahmed Aseem Naseem², Sabreena Mukhtar³, Rashmi Nambiar⁴, Sanyukta Chakravorty⁴, Mahesh Mishra⁴, Suvarna Sharma⁵ and Sushrita Sharma⁶

¹Professor and Head, Department of E.N.T., Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki (U.P), India
²Assistant Professor, Department of E.N.T., Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki (U.P), India
³Senior Resident, Department of E.N.T., Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki (U.P), India
⁴Postgraduate Junior Resident Second Year, Department of E.N.T., Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki (U.P), India
⁵4^th Year MBBS Student, KMC, Manipal, India
⁶1^st Year Btech Student, MUJ, Jaipur, India

*Corresponding Author:Sumit Sharma, Professor and Head, Department of E.N.T., Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki (U.P), India.

Received: March 01, 2022; Published: March 10, 2022

Abstract

Electrical injuries both high and low voltage are a common occurrence in day to day life despite the modern safety measures. The low voltage injuries occur at home and thus are reported less than the high voltage injuries. After exposure to electrical current almost every organ in the body is affected. The severity of an injury depends on many factors including the type of current, the duration of exposure, and the resistance of the tissue involved. Reported cases of hearing loss associated with high-voltage electrical shock are rare. In this article, the author describes a case of high -voltage electrical shock in a 22-year-old man. To the best of the author's knowledge; this is the first report in the literature of a resolution of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss caused by a high-voltage electrical shock within a 10 days period.

Keywords: Hearing Loss; Sensorineural Hearing Loss; Electrical Injury

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Citation

Citation: Sumit Sharma., et al. “Bilateral Hearing Impairment Following High Voltage Electricity Exposure".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 4.4 (2022): 06-09.

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