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

The negative effect of tobacco on the human body has already been extensively demonstrated. Information of general and specialized interest^1-4and historical notes on this subject⁴have 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^5,6and reports of medical congresses⁷illustrating 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.^8-11As regards the symptoms, general hearing disturbances^12-14have been observed along with deficient hearing, buzzing in the ears,¹⁵and a distinctly perceptive deficit with