inner ear decompression sickness
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inner ear decompression sickness
A condition affecting deep sea divers due to gas bubbles Clinical Vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss on ascent, particularly after rapid surfacing after deep, prolonged underwater dives Treatment Immediate recompression; delayed therapy results in permanent damage to the vestibular and auditory systemMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.