title: Evaluation of cisplatin ototoxicity in a rat animal model.
abstract: The ototoxic effects of cisplatin were evaluated by otoacoustic emissions and evoked auditory responses. A transient otoacoustic emissions protocol indicated no significant ototoxic effects in rats treated intravenously with 7.5 mg/kg/week for 2-weeks. A chronic 6-week treatment (2.5 mg/kg/week) monitored by 2F1-F2 distortion product emissions presented significant SNR alterations in a narrow range of frequencies (5.04-5.66 kHz). An acute treatment of 15 mg/kg, using slow 30-min intraperitoneal infusion, presented the highest DP and ABR alterations. The SNR at the 2F1-F2 frequencies 6.34, 7.13, and 7.56 kHz was found significantly decreased, and ABR latency measurements from 8-kHz burst stimuli verified these alterations.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Service of Audiology, University of Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatzopoulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albertin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003638:Deafness / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002945:Cisplatin