Can a perforated tympanic membrane constitute disability in a traffic accident?

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-02-08

On May 1, 2023, the appraised person Zhang was injured in a traffic accident, and after the injury, he was treated in a tertiary hospital, and was discharged from the hospital and diagnosed with cerebral contusion, tympanic membrane perforation, and left occipital fracture.

In November 2023, he was diagnosed with perforation of tympanic membrane tension by Shenzhen People's Hospital, and was preliminarily diagnosed with hearing loss in the left ear, perforation of the right eardrum, and tyringitis.

Appraisal agency inspection method

In accordance with the "Forensic Clinical Laboratory Specification" (SF T0111-2021), "Limb Motor Function Assessment" (SF T0096-2021), "Forensic Clinical Imaging Examination Implementation Specification" (SF T0112-2021), "Forensic Science Assessment of Hearing Impairment" (GA T 914-2010) and "Hearing Impairment Forensic Medical Identification Specification" (SF ZJDO103001-2010), the identified person Cheng Dapeng was examined forensically and clinically.

Physical examination

The person being evaluated, Zhang, a middle-aged male, walked into the examination room on his own. Self-complaint: headache, hearing loss in the left ear. Physical examination: clear consciousness, good spirits, no deformity of the skull, no obvious abnormalities in the left auricle and external auditory canal, correct facial features, no obvious abnormalities in the chest and abdomen. The muscle strength and muscle tone of the limbs were normal, and there was no obvious abnormality in the joint activities of the limbs.

Analysis and description of the appraisal agency:

1. Regarding the level of disability (including hearing), the appraised person Zhang was injured in a traffic accident in May 2023, and was clinically diagnosed with focal cerebral contusion (bilateral frontal lobes), traumatic subomental hemorrhage, left occipital subdural hematoma, and left occipital fracture; Perforated eardrum, multiple soft tissue injuries all over the body, after being admitted to the hospital for symptomatic treatment, the current injury is basically stable.

Review the post-injury imaging examination, and the person being evaluatedEncephalacia lesions are formed after multiple brain injuries, accompanied by headache and other neurological symptoms, in accordance with the "Classification of the Degree of Disability Caused by Human Injury" 510.1.The provisions of paragraph 2 constitute a grade 10 disability. Combined with the existing medical records and imaging and audiological examinations, there is no sufficient basis to determine whether his hearing impairment is caused by the trauma of this traffic accident, and the disability will not be assessed for the time being

2.About the missed work period, nursing period, number of nursing employees, and nutrition period.

In accordance with GA T1193-2014 "Personal Injury Lost Work Period, Nursing Period, Nutrition Period Assessment Specification" 47.The provisions of paragraph 2 and Appendix A, combined with the injury, diagnosis and treatment process and recovery of the appraised person Cheng Dapeng, are comprehensively assessed to be 150 days: the nursing period is 45 days, and the number of nurses is 1 (based on the needs of the trial, the number of nurses is for reference only); The vegetative period is 45 days.

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