For those carrying this genetic variation, even a single dose of gentamicin can sometimes cause severe irreversible hearing loss," she said. “Until now, we have not been able to test for this ...

However, the use of gentamicin carries the risk of hearing loss if the baby has the m ... has conditionally recommended the use of the genedrive kit, a diagnostic test for detecting the m.1555A>G ...

Audiologic data at baseline were also similar. Gentamicin-induced hearing loss was mostly moderate in its effect. The incidence of hearing loss in the placebo group was within the anticipated ...

However, researchers know that aminoglycosides like gentamicin are associated with hearing loss. As a consequence, infants in neonatal intensive care units, where aminoglycosides are used ...

The test - which analyses babies' DNA - can ... type of antibiotic and avoid having a lifetime of damaged hearing. Gentamicin is the first-choice antibiotic if a newborn develops a serious ...

Methods: Children with suspected sepsis were prospectively enrolled to receive ODD of gentamicin at 7 mg/kg/day. Hearing and renal function were objectively assessed at baseline, during therapy ...

The second screening found no problem with the baby’s hearing. Last year, when her second daughter was born, Ms. Malik refused a hearing test after another Pediatrix clinician appeared at her ...

For this reason, Utah law requires that every baby have a hearing screening soon after birth. At Intermountain Health, caregivers check each newborn’s hearing before they go home with their ...