STREPTOMYCIN OTOTOXICITY IN THE UNBORN CHILD

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 60  (8) , 316-318
Abstract
Streptomycin has been used in pregnant patients for > 30 yr. Some doubt still exists with regard to its effects on the ear of the unborn child. Children [33] whose mothers received streptomycin during pregnancy were followed up and their hearing tested. A minor degree of hearing loss which could possibly be due to the action of streptomycin was found in only 2 children.