Your hearing care practitioner can help
Before beginning a course of medication for the conditions mentioned above, a hearing test given by a hearing care professional will provide a complete evaluation. Your audiogram will give you a baseline by which to measure changes. Early hearing loss from ototoxic medications is usually seen on the audiogram in the higher frequencies, which are responsible for speech discrimination. So, the earlier you catch potential damage, the better.
Educating yourself is the best way to minimize your risk for ototoxic drug-related hearing loss. There are many resources readily available to help you learn about drugs and their side-effects. These include your Beltone Hearing Care Practitioner, the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) and your pharmacist.
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Educating yourself is the best way to minimize your risk for ototoxic drug-related hearing loss. There are many resources readily available to help you learn about drugs and their side-effects. These include your Beltone Hearing Care Practitioner, the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) and your pharmacist.