To the Editor: We note Ahmed and colleagues’ extensive case series of patients with severe vestibulopathy due to aminoglycosides.1 We attempted to develop a hospital-based screening program to detect vestibulopathy in inpatients that may be informative for others considering similar programs.
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- 1. Ahmed RM, Hannigan IP, MacDougall HG, et al. Gentamicin ototoxicity: a 23-year selected case series of 103 patients. Med J Aust 2012; 196: 701-704. <MJA full text>
- 2. Minor LB. Gentamicin-induced bilateral vestibular hypofunction. JAMA 1998; 279: 541-544.
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