Threshold Changes in Auditory Brainstem Response(ABR) Due to the Administration of Kanamycin in Dogs.

UZUKA Yuji, FURUTA Tomohiro, YAMAOKA Mayumi, OHNISHI Takafumi, TSUBONE Hirokazu, SUGANO Shigeru

doi:10.1538/expanim.45.325

Auditory brainstem response (ABR) is a useful method in evaluating auditory function in human. To investigate the ABR threshold is more effective than to pursue the trends in each component of ABR. In this study, tone burst sound stimuli were employed and the ABR threshold shift caused by kanamycin administration was investigated in dogs. In a series of monitoring of ABR against short-period auditory lesions, changes in the ABR waveform after intravenous administration of kanamycin were detected. These changes returned gradually and were reversible. The changes in ABR against long-period auditory function disorder were perceived by an increase in the ABR threshold. The ABR threshold shift occurred earlier in the high frequency sounds than in the lower frequency sounds. This is why amino glycoside antibiotics damage the cochlear hair cells in the basal layer and lead to the loss of hearing selectively for high frequency tones. These findings suggest that tracing of the ABR threshold by tone bursts could provide information that has a specificity for frequency in hearing tests and is a useful method in clinical veterinary medicine or/and toxicological tests.<br>

Threshold Changes in Auditory Brainstem Response(ABR) Due to the Administration of Kanamycin in Dogs.

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