Accession Number:

AD0653129

Title:

EFFECTS OF OVERPRESSURE ON THE EAR: A REVIEW

Descriptive Note:

Technical progress rept.

Corporate Author:

LOVELACE FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ALBUQUERQUE NM

Personal Author(s):

• Hirsch, Frederic G.

Report Date:

1966-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

38.0

Abstract:

Information regarding blast effects on the ear is reviewed in an attempt to gather quantitative information available for animals and man for help in the establishment of relationships between various levels of overpressure and the incidence of eardrum failure, the degree of damage to the middle and inner ear and other identifiable sequelae referable to cochlear or vestibular functions.

Descriptors:

• *BLAST
• *EAR
• HUMANS
• PRESSURE
• PHYSIOLOGY
• WOUNDS AND INJURIES
• ANATOMY
• THRESHOLDS(PHYSIOLOGY)
• TOLERANCES(PHYSIOLOGY)
• DEAFNESS

Subject Categories:

• Weapons Effects (Biological)

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE