I agree 200% with a baseline hearing test. Carol had carboplatin instead of cisplatin due to the well known issues regarding hearing loss due to cisplatin. Carboplatin has some issues with hearing loss but not like cisplatin. She lost her ability to hear out of her left ear about 2 weeks into treatment. (She had a right ear mastoidectomy when she was 14). I purchased one of the over the counter AMPLIFYING devices, as a short term hearing device until she was able to have a hearing test. It's torture enough having to fight OC but to have hearing loss added to the mix? Unfortunately, Carol recently had a hearing test and she was told there is no correlation of hearing loss and the use of Carboplatin.

Having a baseline hearing test along with a baseline TSH should be pre-requisites prior to treatment of OC.

Linda