Bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss caused by alcohol abuse and heroin sniffing

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-309

  Antonopoulos, Stavros ^a   Balatsouras, Dimitrios G ^a   Kanakaki, Sofia ^a   Dona, Athina ^b   Spiliopoulou, Christina ^b   Giannoulis, Grigoris ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Auditory brainstem response; Hearing loss; Heroin dependence complications; Otoacoustic emissions; Pure tone; Sudden chemically induced

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM; PREDNISOLONE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; COMA; DRUG REEXPOSURE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUDIOMETRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84859712228     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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