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An airport Groundsman with the Federal Airports Commission accidentally discharges his firearm in his vehicle, prior to dispersing birds from the runway. |
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The employee suffers the effects of acoustic trauma. |
When there is a single incident involved and it results in trauma to the acoustic organ, it is known as acoustic trauma.
An audiogram of a person suffering from acoustic trauma can produce a flat loss, a high frequency loss or a low frequency loss.