title: Hearing loss in a glue sniffer.
abstract: A case is presented of a 27-year-old glue sniffing woman with sensorineural hearing loss, optic atrophy and global brain damage. This form of addiction has not received much attention as a cause of otologic catastrophes, and should be borne in mind where similar cases come to the otolaryngologist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed