Research Article
A Balance Test for Chronic Perilymph Fistula
Table 3
Eventual cause found in seven confirmed PLF patients without a trauma history.
| Patient | Sex | Age | Symptoms for | Ear and Site | Eventual confirmation of traumatic event |
| 1 | F | 51 | 4 yr | Left OW | Struck on head by swinging ladder; hit head on a plank | 4 | F | 59 | 8 mo | Right OW | Not found | 6 | F | 37 | 3 mo | Left OW | 4 yr prior hit head on galley roof in plunging aircraft | 9 | F | 53 | 2 yr | Right RW | Not found | 10 | F | 45 | 1 yr | Left RW | Admitted her husband had “smacked” her ear | 11 | F | 34 | 18 mo | Right RW | Not found | 17 | F | 63 | 3 yr | Left OW | Not found |
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