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Document ID (ISN)26060
CIS number 76-1976
ISBN(s) 0-85557-009-1
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Edmonds C., Freeman P., Thomas R., Tonkin J., Blackwood F.A.
Title Otological aspects of diving.
Bibliographic information Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd., 71-79 Arundel Street, Glebe, N.S.W. 2037, Australia, 1973. 101p. Illus. 49 ref.
Abstract This book is addressed to medical practitioners generally who are associated with divers, and not specifically to otologists. Contents: anatomy and physiology of the ear; the Eustachian tube and nasal function; diving physics; infections of the ear; decompression sickness; aural barotrauma; hearing loss in divers; vertigo and disorientation in diving; exostoses and external, middle and inner ear injuries; otological standards for diving.
Descriptors (primary) diseases of ear and mastoid process; ear; diving; barotrauma
Descriptors (secondary) decompression otitis; Australia; exostosis; physiology of hearing; vestibular disorders; manuals; hearing loss
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Hyperbaric pressure
Diseases of the ear and hearing damage