ORL · 2010 · 16 citations · 0 references
MedicineAudiologyInfectious DiseasesClinical AudiologyDiagnostic AudiologyOtologyCochlear DisordersHearing ImpairmentHearing LossOtotoxicityOtotoxicity MonitoringCochlear Function MonitoringCochlear ToxicityDrug-induced Hearing LossMalaria ResistanceOtotoxicity Effects On The Auditory NervePharmacologic OtotoxicityPlasmodium FalciparumSensorineural Hearing Loss Effects
Sensorineural hearing loss due to quinine therapy for malaria has frequently been mentioned in the literature but has not been a subject of research during the last decades. The global spreading of chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria brings about an increasing use of quinine. The ototoxicity of quinine can accurately be studied with ultrahigh frequency audiometry (up to 20 kHz). The case of a 29-year-old man suffering from falciparum malaria disease who got a reversible hearing loss from quinine therapy is presented.