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Handler SD, Magardino TM (2000) Otitis media with effusion. In: Britton BH (ed) Common problems in otology. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 200–222įarmer JC (1991) Otologic barotrama. In: Bove AA, Davis JC (eds) Diving medicine, 2nd edn. National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), Montclairįarmer JC (1990) Ear and sinus problems in diving. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp 785–800 (Chap 49)Ĭarroll S (2000) In: Oliver P, Williams M (eds) NAUI scuba diver. In: Canalis RF, Lambert PR (eds) The ear: comprehensive otology. Overview Airplane ear (ear barotrauma) is the stress on your eardrum that occurs when the air pressure in your middle ear and the air pressure in the environment are out of balance. Treatment, when required, may involve decongestants. Diagnosis sometimes requires audiometry and vestibular testing. It can affect the ear (causing ear pain, hearing loss, and/or vestibular symptoms) or the sinuses (causing pain and congestion). Canalis RF, Abemayor E, Shulman J (2000) Blunt and penetrating injuries to the ear and temporal bone. Barotrauma is tissue injury caused by a pressure-related change in body compartment gas volume. Severe barotrauma, leading to a complete rupture of the tympanic membrane, is accompanied by a sharp loss of hearing, severe bleeding from the external auditory.
