Experimental Tobacco Poisoning: Resultant Structural Modifications of the Cochlea and Tuba Acustica

1 May 1962

journal article
other
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Vol. 75 (5) , 386-396
https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1962.00740040397002

Abstract

The negative effect of tobacco on the human body has already been extensively demonstrated. Information of general and specialized interest^1-4 and historical notes on this subject⁴ have already been mentioned in our previous articles. Bibliographic Information Many studies have been published with regard to the action of tobacco smoke on the human organism, and the bibliography has already been reported by us elsewhere. We here merely recall some very recent articles^5,6 and reports of medical congresses⁷ illustrating the great interest of modern research workers in this subject. Damage to the hearing function in tobacco smokers has been reported from as far back as the middle of the nineteenth century and from the very first years of the present century.^8-11 As regards the symptoms, general hearing disturbances^12-14 have been observed along with deficient hearing, buzzing in the ears,¹⁵ and a distinctly perceptive deficit with

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