According to the American Speech - Language - Hearing Assoc., sensorineural hearing loss can be caused by diseases, birth injury, drugs that are toxic to the auditory system, and genetic syndromes. I would like to know what kind of drugs or chemicals can cause sensorineural hearing loss. Thanks for the help.
2006-09-08 20:10:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Antibiotics that end in "mycin/micin" are ototoxic ("toxic to the ear") for starters...erythromycin is commonly given and fortunately not really ototoxic whereas, gentamicin is very toxic. They also affect different parts of the "ear"....gentamicin will affect your sense of balance before it will affect your hearing. Your balance organ (labrynthe) is attached to your hearing organ (cochlea). Levels of these antibiotics *must* be monitored carefully via blood testing for the duration of the administration.
Other drugs common drugs that can affect your hearing are cancer and AIDs medications. Cisplatin is a common chemo drug that destroys your hair cells.
Quinine, asprin etc also can affect your hearing, but these are often reversable once the dosage is stopped.
Chemicals at work can also damage your hearing and can also make you more sensitive to occupational noise damage. Benzene, for example, can be found in many work places and being exposed to it plus noise can perminantely destroy much of your hearing.
Pretty much any chemical that can destroy kidney function...can and does affect hearing function.
The list actually is quite large of known agents...
2006-09-15 13:23:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anitsirhc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gentamicn and clyndimicin are probably the most familiar. These are a form of glycoaminoside antibiotics. Many other drugs can cause this as well including many chemotherapy drugs, diurectics, and anti-inflammatories.
I found a great website that lists several:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mshlafer/ototox2.html
2006-09-09 02:58:49 · answer #2 · answered by mistify 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quinine Overdose. In addition, if you drink way too much tonic water you can even go blind or die from heart problems. A much bigger problem overseas where quinine can be bought at a store in concentrated doses and the FDA doesn't regulate how much quinine is in tonic water.
2006-09-15 06:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by sgeorges13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxycontin is one
2006-09-08 20:22:08 · answer #4 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What?
2006-09-15 08:51:35 · answer #5 · answered by onelonevoice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its bad
2006-09-15 11:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by Kelly Bundy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋