Five patients have mild conductive deafness, which is likely to take 7-10 days to heal.
Passengers on board the Mumbai-Jaipur Jet Airways flight wear oxygen masks during an emergency after cabin pressure drop, in Mumbai, Thursday. (Photo: PTI)
Hyderabad: Some of the passengers will have mild conductive deafness for some period of time. Nanavati Hospital’s chief operating officer Rajendra Patankar said, “Five patients have mild conductive deafness, which is likely to take 7-10 days to heal. They are advised not to fly till then.’
Dr M. Hemanth Rao of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences said, ‘’This is a case of ‘Baro-Trauma’. If the cabin pressure is not maintained, the ear drums may get ruptured due to negative pressure and the patient may suffer nose-bleed, ear-bleed or they may have life long ringing sensation in ears.’
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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