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Objective Measures of Ototoxicity
A leading cause of preventable sensorineural hearing loss is therapeutic treatment with medications that are toxic to inner ear tissues, including certain drugs used to fight cancer and life-threatening infectious diseases. Ototoxic-induced hearing loss typically begins in the high frequencies and progresses to lower frequencies as drug administration continues (Campbell & Durrant, 1993; Campbe...
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Twenty-two children and adolescents who had received cisplatinum for the treatment of solid tumours underwent audiometry to ascertain the extent of hearing damage. Five patients complained of hearing difficulties, causing difficulty at school in one child. Hearing loss greater than 20 decibels occurred in four Median hearing loss was greater at higher frequencies (P< 0.0001), and with increasin...
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Toluene is a major industrial solvent and substance of abuse which is ototoxic in rats as shown by both behavioral testing and measurement of brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) thresholds. The objective of this investigation was to examine the morphological (hair cell loss) and functional (BAER threshold elevations) changes resulting from toluene administration. In the preliminary experi...
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INTRODUCTION INF- α is a common drug for the treatment of hepatitis B and C. Although a variety of related complications are discussed, possible ototoxic effects of this mediation are not well described. METHODS AND MATERIALS In a before-after control study, 24 patients who received INF- α for the treatment of hepatitis B and C and 30 normal controls were included. Subjective and objective ot...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1991.35