VESTIBULAR DEFICIT AND HEARING LOSS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF HEAD TRAUMA INCURRED AS THE RESULT OF PUCK INJURY IN CASE OF 17-YEAR-OLD PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER. (English)

The authors present the case of a 17-year-old ice hockey player who sustained a head injury with a fracture of the right temporal bone during training. The consequences of the injury included severe peripheral vertigo with nystagmus, vegetative symptoms and hearing loss. The dizziness disappeared on the 4th day after the injury, but the hearing loss turned out to be permanent. The patient returned to daily training sessions 5 weeks after the injury. What is noteworthy in this case is the exceptionally quick compensation of the labyrinthine damage, which, in the authors' opinion, was not only due to the player's young age, but also to his strong motivation to return to the ice rink. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Zaprezentowano przypadek 17-letniego hokeisty, który w czasie treningu doznał urazu głowy ze złamaniem prawej kości skroniowej. Konsekwencją urazu były silne obwodowe zawroty głowy z oczopląsem i objawami wegetatywnymi oraz niedosłuch. Zawroty głowy ustąpiły w 4 dobie po urazie, natomiast niedosłuch okazał się trwały. Pacjent wrócił do codziennych treningów 5 tygodni po urazie. Na uwagę zasługuje w tym przypadku wyjątkowo szybka kompensacja uszkodzenia błędnika, która spowodowana była, zdaniem autorów, nie tylko młodym wiekiem zawodnika, ale także silną motywacją do powrotu na lodowisko. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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