Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of noise trauma.
Family history
Social history
- Do you frequently expose yourself to loud music?
- What do you do for a living? Are you exposed to loud music there?
Vegetative anamnesis
- Have you noticed any decreased hearing?
- How long has this been present?
- Do you suffer from ringing in the ears in addition to hearing loss?
- Do you use drugs? If yes, which drugs (GHB (“liquid ecstasy”)) and how often per day or per week?
Self history including drug history.
- Pre-existing conditions (infectious diseases; metabolic diseases; injuries).
Medication history (ototoxic; ototoxic drugs/ototoxic (hearing-damaging) drugs).
- Analgesics (pain medications)
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID): acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) [hearing impairment: > 1.95 g, dose-dependent and reversible after a short period of time; hearing impairment: > 10 g/d; ringing in the ears: 6-8 g and above]; salicylates (sensorineural hearing loss)
- Antibiotics
- Aminoglycoside antibiotics (aminoglycosides; disorders especially in the higher frequencies) – amikacin, gentamycin (gentamicin), kanamycin, neomycin, netilmicin, paromomycin, streptomycin, tobramycin.
- Glycopeptide antibiotics (vancomycin, teicoplanin).
- Gyrase inhibitors (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin).
- Macrolides (interference in the range of the complete frequency spectrum) – azithromycin, erythromycin, clarithromycin.
- Anti-malarial drugs such as chloroquine or quinine (quinine alkaloids).
- Anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine, phenytoin, streptomycin.
- Diuretics (diuretic medications).
- Carboanhydrase inhibitors (acetazolamide).
- Loop diuretics (bumetanide; etacrylic acid; furosemide – here, the side effect occurs mainly with rapid intravenous injection in the presence of coexisting renal insufficiency)
- Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (avanafil, sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil).
- Proton pump inhibitors (proton pump inhibitors, PPI; acid blockers) – omeprazole.
- Thalidomide damage caused by taking the drug thalidomide in the 1960s.
- Cytostatic drugs such as cisplatin, carboplatin, bleomycin, vincristine.
Environmental pollution – intoxications (poisonings).
- Explosion trauma
- Noise – so there is a risk of noise-induced hearing loss at constant or year-long sound levels of 85 dB(A); even short-term strong noise such as loud disco music (110 dB) should be avoided; among the recognized occupational diseases, noise-induced hearing loss is the most common occupational disease with about 40%.
- Industrial substances such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, tin; carbon monoxide; fluorocarbon compounds; carbon disulfide; styrene; carbon tetrachloride compounds; toluene; trichloroethylene; xylene.
