 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Echoing what Brian said. Part of my treatment regime with cisplatin is a hearing test by an audiologist every 2 months. They did a baseline hearing test on Tuesday. They told me to report anything out of the ordinary to my oncologist immediately. If you are hearing ringing they may change your chemo to something else. Cisplatin can cause deafness in a small percentage of patients.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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