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Use of antibiotics can loss of spectoral sensitivity, that is the ability to comprehend speech; as well as, total hearing impairment. All the same, there is no alternative to antibiotics, in an emergency situation.
reference : An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing
James O. Pickles
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/...71006203842.htm
Discovered in the 1940s, these antibiotics---which include streptomycin, gentamicin, neomycin and others---are the most widely used antibiotics in the world. Because they are so effective and rarely produce allergic reactions, physicians continue to prescribe them, even though they are known to cause hearing loss and kidney damage in a significant percentage of individuals who take them.
"In the United States, aminoglycosides are mo
st often used for emergency treatment of people with serious infect
ions who have not responded to other types of antibiotics," said Jochen Schacht, a professor of biological chemistry and otolaryngology in the U-M Medical School. "Increasing levels of antibiotic-resistant infections associated with AIDS and a worldwide resurgence of tuberculosis, however, make it likely that their use will increase in the future.
Use of antibiotics can loss of spectoral sensitivity, that is the ability to comprehend speech; as well as, total hearing impairment. All the same, there is no alternative to antibiotics, in an emergency situation.
reference : An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing
James O. Pickles
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/...71006203842.htm
Discovered in the 1940s, these antibiotics---which include streptomycin, gentamicin, neomycin and others---are the most widely used antibiotics in the world. Because they are so effective and rarely produce allergic reactions, physicians continue to prescribe them, even though they are known to cause hearing loss and kidney damage in a significant percentage of individuals who take them.
"In the United States, aminoglycosides are mo
st often used for emergency treatment of people with serious infect
ions who have not responded to other types of antibiotics," said Jochen Schacht, a professor of biological chemistry and otolaryngology in the U-M Medical School. "Increasing levels of antibiotic-resistant infections associated with AIDS and a worldwide resurgence of tuberculosis, however, make it likely that their use will increase in the future.
