Pharmacology and ototoxicity for audiologists / 
[edited by] Kathleen C.M. Campbell 
 - Clifton Park, NY :  Thomson/Delmar Learning,  2007 
 - xxiii, 416 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>An introduction to pharmacology -- Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics -- Pharmacotherapeutics and patient factors -- The role of Food and Drug Administration in drug development -- Common classes of drugs used in otolaryngologic practice -- Nutraceuticals and herbal supplements -- Mechanisms of toxicity in the cochlea (including physical, free radical: oxidative and anti-oxidative mechanisms, protein interactions, and defense mechanisms) -- Biochemical bases of hearing -- Infection control in the audiology clinic -- Cancer and ototoxicity of chemotherapeutics -- Aminoglycoside antibiotics -- Renal function and ototoxicity of loop diuretics -- Other ototoxins : aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, quinine, and macrolides -- Industrial chemicals and solvents affecting the auditory system -- Cellular mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss -- Audiologic monitoring for ototoxicity and patient management -- Vestibular ototoxicity -- Audiologic findings in vestibular toxicity -- Otoprotective agents -- Regeneration of hair cells -- From pharmacology to function : using drugs as tools to dissect the cochlea -- Staying current : Web sites and resources for pharmaceutical information 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1418011304  RM264.71 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Audiology--methods<br/>Hearing Disorders--etiology<br/>Pharmaceutical Preparations--adverse effects
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WV270  / .P535 2007