Inner Ear Damage by Firecracker Trauma

In conclusion, most firecrackers exhibited noise levels #x3e; 110 dB SPL even at a distance of 6 m. This blast injury simultaneously damaged the cochlea, saccule and utricle, but spared the semicircular canals, indicating that blast exposure potentiates the adverse effect of noise exposure on both cochlear and vestibular partitions.Audiol Neurotol 2018;23:116 –121 (Source: Audiology and Neurotology)

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