Pharmacology and ototoxicity for audiologists / 
[edited by] Kathleen C.M. Campbell. 
 - Clifton Park, NY :  Thomson/Delmar Learning,  c2007. 
 - xxiii, 416 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<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 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006021195 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101280167  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ototoxic agents.<br/>Ear--Effect of drugs on.<br/>Drugs--Side effects.<br/>Audiology.<br/>Hearing Disorders--drug therapy.<br/>Audiology--methods.<br/>Hearing Disorders--etiology.<br/>Pharmaceutical Preparations--adverse effects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RF285.O83  / P453 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>617.8061 CAM