Test your own hearing!

[Ron Nossaman]

>Hi Ric,
>I was given an anti-biotic once for a strep throat, and it caused
>my
>hearing to go 'mushy'. Sorry that is all I can describe it as.
>I immediately got in to see an ENT specialist, and he took me off
>the medication, and said if my hearing did not come back on it's
>own, there was nothing he could do.
>Unfortunately, I can't remember the drugs name, but it would be
>in
>my medical file.
>It seems to me that he said, some hospitals in the States, give a
>hearing test, before giving the drug, as some patients, had sued
>for
>hearing loss.
>It happened a few years ago, and I get a hearing test every year,
>and so
>far there has been just normal hearing loss as I age.
>Regards,
>John M. Ross


Hi Guys,
Go here and read up. It's not safe anywhere out there for working ears. 

http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/otolaryngology/edu/ungrad/hl.htm
Go to heading 4. Ototoxicity

http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/otologyprimer/hl/adulthl.html

http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/otologyprimer/hl/adulthl.html

http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/magazine/TRUL-4GRHDE.htm
This one says aspirin taken with the antibiotic somewhat counteracts the
antibiotic's destructive effects.

Do a Google search on antibiotic hearing loss, and browse away. It's no
wonder Life is a terminal condition.


Ron N