Cochlear Function in Adults with Epilepsy and Treated with Carbamazepine

• Published in: Audiology & neurotology Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 63
• Main Authors: Hamed, Sherifa A, Oseilly, Amira M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Anticonvulsants - adverse effects; Anticonvulsants - pharmacology; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Audiometry, Pure-Tone; Auditory Threshold - drug effects; Auditory Threshold - physiology; Carbamazepine - adverse effects; Carbamazepine - pharmacology; Carbamazepine - therapeutic use; Cochlea - drug effects; Cochlea - physiopathology; Epilepsy - drug therapy; Epilepsy - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Labyrinth Diseases - chemically induced; Labyrinth Diseases - physiopathology; Male; Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous - drug effects; Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous - physiology; Cochlea; Tinnitus; Otoacoustic emissions; Carbamazepine; Auditory function

Epilepsy is a chronic medical disease and is associated with comorbid adverse somatic conditions due to epilepsy itself or its long-term treatment. This study evaluated cochlear function in patients with idiopathic epilepsy and treated with carbamazepine (CBZ). Included were 47 patients (mean age =...