[Screening audiological control in children of different ages after taking ototoxic medications].

AIM: To compare auditory function during screening of children of different age groups who received ototoxic therapy.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

Auditory function was studied in various categories of children receiving ototoxic drugs. Hearing was assessed by the registration of distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE), short-latency evoked potentials (SLEP), tympanometry. Statistical processing was performed using the C program Statgraphics Centurion XV.

RESULTS

In this study, screening of auditory function in children suffering from cystic fibrosis and receiving ototoxic treatment revealed pathologic conditions of the middle ear according to tympanometry in 15.4% of cases, impaired auditory function in 28.2% of cases according to DPOAE. Early ototoxicosis presented as a decrease in the amplitude of the response at a frequency of 4 kHz, and a change in the structure of the DP-gram in the form of a shift to the low-frequency area. Examination of the auditory function of premature infants receiving potentially ototoxic drugs in the early neonatal period demonstrated that the administration of ototoxic drugs does not affect the maturation of outer hair cells.

CONCLUSION

Audiological control, such as tympanometry and registration of evoked otoacoustic remission should be included in the outpatient observation of children with a history of ototoxic drugs.