Barry (with apologies to Michael for sidetracking his thread) I had a very strange hearing change while on cisplatin, was switched to carboplatin and taxol, and hear perfectly today. There is a small percentage, less than 1% actually, who react badly to cisplatin. I am one, but the other two drugs did the job and spared my hearing completely. Also, the two drugs I was switched to had only one side effect, which was loss of my hair, not all body, just head. And that grew back just fine.