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Audiological monitoring of patients undergoing multidrug resistant tuberculosis treatment at Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital and Gidakom Hospital, Bhutan

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2021
Background: Hearing impairment due to ototoxicity is one common cause adding to global burden of disability. Amikacin and kanamycin are two common Aminoglycosides used to treat multidrug resistant tuberculosis which results in ototoxicity.
Pelden Wangchuk   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying targets to prevent aminoglycoside ototoxicity.

open access: yesMolecular and cellular neurosciences, 2022
Aminoglycosides are potent antibiotics that are commonly prescribed worldwide. Their use carries significant risks of ototoxicity by directly causing inner ear hair cell degeneration.
Jinkyung Kim   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Study on Prevalence and Determinants of Ototoxicity During Treatment of Childhood Cancer (SOUND): Protocol for a Prospective Study

open access: yesJMIR Research Protocols, 2022
BackgroundSome children with central nervous system (CNS) and solid tumors are at risk to develop ototoxicity during treatment.
Franciscus A Diepstraten   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms of Ototoxicity and Otoprotection.

open access: yesOtolaryngologic clinics of North America, 2021
Ototoxicity refers to damage to the inner ear that leads to functional hearing loss or vestibular disorders by selected pharmacotherapeutics as well as a variety of environmental exposures (eg, lead, cadmium, solvents).
P. Steyger
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ototoxicity of Non-aminoglycoside Antibiotics

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2021
It is well-known that aminoglycoside antibiotics can cause significant hearing loss and vestibular deficits that have been described in animal studies and in clinical reports.
L. Rybak, V. Ramkumar, D. Mukherjea
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Auditory fatigue among call dispatchers working with headsets

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2018
Objectives To determine whether call center dispatchers wearing headsets are subject to auditory fatigue at the end of a work shift. Material and Methods Data was gathered at times when call centers were busiest. All call operators wore a headset for up
Thomas Venet   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early and Long-Term Ototoxicity Noted in Children Due to Platinum Compounds: Prevalence and Risk Factors

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2023
Background: Platinum compounds are a group of fundamental chemotherapeutics used in the treatment of solid tumors, but they are burdened by side effects, such as ototoxicity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of ototoxicity caused
Alberto Romano   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

DRUG-INDUCED OTOTOXICITY. AMINOGLYCOSIDE OTOTOXICITY

open access: yesGrail of Science, 2022
In modern clinical practice, there are often cases of cochleovestibular disorders induced by the use of drugs. The term "drug-induced ototoxicity" is directly related to the introduction of streptomycin in medical practice and means the ability of drugs or chemicals to cause functional disorders and degeneration of internal ear structures: sensory ...
Artemii Litvinenko, Inna Chebernina
openaire   +1 more source

Tetrandrine Prevents Neomycin-Induced Ototoxicity by Promoting Steroid Biosynthesis

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Aminoglycoside antibiotics are widely used for the treatment of serious acute infections, life-threatening sepsis, and tuberculosis, but all aminoglycosides cause side effects, especially irreversible ototoxicity.
Qilei Zhang   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms of Aminoglycoside- and Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Audiology, 2021
Purpose This review article summarizes our current understanding of the mechanisms underlying acquired hearing loss from hospital-prescribed medications that affects as many as 1 million people each year in Western Europe and North America.
P. Steyger
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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