Open AccessAn audiological profile of patients infected with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis at a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
Author(s) -
Delicia Appana,
Lavanithum Joseph,
Jessica Paken
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
south african journal of communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.296
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2225-4765
pISSN - 0379-8046
DOI - 10.4102/sajcd.v63i1.154
Subject(s) - medicine , audiology , hearing loss , ototoxicity , audiometry , otoacoustic emission , sensorineural hearing loss , pure tone audiometry , incidence (geometry) , surgery , physics , optics , chemotherapy , cisplatin
The increased incidence of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and the consequent use of aminoglycosides with their ototoxic potential necessitate a better understanding of the audiological pattern of infected patients.
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