Article
The ototoxic effect of toluene and the influence of noise, acetyl salicylic acid, or genotype. A study in rats and mice.
Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum - 1 Jan 1993
Johnson A C
Abstract excerpt
Toluene is a widely used organic solvent causing loss of auditory sensitivity in rats and presumably in humans. Also, the hearing loss in humans occupationally exposed to noise has been reported to be aggravated by simultaneous exposure to solvents. The aim of the present investigation was to study the effects of toluene, alone or in combination with other factors, on auditory sensitivity. The influence of...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Aspirin
- Auditory Threshold
- Genotype
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
- Rats
