Ototoxicity, drugs, chemicals, mobile phones and deafness

Improving Hearing Performance through Yoga

“…Ototoxicity is "the side effect of certain therapeutic agents and other chemical substances, whether topical or systemic, to cause functional hearing impairment and cellular degeneration of the tissues of the inner ear, especially of the end-organs (hair cells) and neurons of the cochlear and vestibular divisions of the eighth cranial nerve" [17].…”

“…Few other agents that are potentially ototoxic include propylene glycol (a common combination of ear drops), methyl mercury, potassium bromate, industrial solvents (styrene and toluene), propranolol, propyl thiouracil, bleomycin, nitrogen mustard, carbon monoxide, tetanus antitoxin, gold, lead, arsenic, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, and Marijuana [17].…”