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Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss In The Setting Of Acute Methamphetamine Overdose, Jeremy Reich, Harleen Sethi, Robert Sataloff
Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss In The Setting Of Acute Methamphetamine Overdose, Jeremy Reich, Harleen Sethi, Robert Sataloff
Otolaryngology (ENT) Resident Research
Substance abuse is a rare but known cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). We report a case of acute SNHL in a 28-year-old man following an overdose of methamphetamine and incidental ingestion of fentanyl. On initial encounter, he had moderate-to-severe hearing loss in the right ear and severe-to-profound hearing loss in the left ear in addition to acute kidney injury, liver failure, and lactic acidosis. The patient was treated with a two-week course of high-dose steroids and expressed a subjective improvement in hearing. This case highlights the importance of auditory testing following a drug overdose and is one of the …