Both nerves also may be torn across just before they enter the meatus in severe brain injuries apart from fracture.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
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The membrane may be bulged outwards into the meatus by the fluid, and thus lie nearer the observer's eye than normally.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Deafness ensues when the meatus becomes completely blocked by the swelling.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson