Open AccessAudiometric patterns in ototoxicity after radiotherapy and chemotherapy in patients of head and neck cancers
Author(s) -
Monika Malgonde,
Prakash S Nagpure,
Manoj Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.156479
Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , ototoxicity , radiation therapy , hearing loss , head and neck cancer , sensorineural hearing loss , chemotherapy , audiology , surgery , cisplatin
Inspite of various strategies adopted to protect the sensitive structures during organ preservation strategies, radiation damage can occur from the pharyngotympanic tube to the brain stem auditory pathway causing hearing loss. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the audiometric abnormalities and characterize them among the patients of head and neck cancers who have undergone radiotherapy (RT) and chemoradiation therapy (CT+RT).