Bilateral Hearing Impairment Following High Voltage Electricity Exposure

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.