Abstract
Neurotological examinations were performed repeatedly on patients with head injury due to traffic accidents. Their symptoms were disequilibrium, tinnitus, hearing loss and bleeding from the ear. A 55-year-old man had been suffering from these symptoms for three months. At operation a fracture of the left promontrium was discovered. The fracture line was covered by two pieces of fascia of the temporal muscle. A 12-year-old boy recovered from his ear symptoms within three weeks, so he was not operated on. Both patients are now asymptomatic.
