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The Effect of Commonly Prescribed Muscle-Relaxant Drugs on Noise- Induced Threshold Shifts in Hearing.

Authors
Burton L; Jackson E; Cohen A
Source
NIOSH 1968 May:25 pages
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
00020717
Abstract
Hearing threshold shifts are measured in subjects at 500 to 3000 hertz after exposure to fatiguing noise, and before and after administering Robaxin, Soma, Miltown, or Valium, with comparison to a placebo, to determine muscle relaxant effects on noise induced hearing threshold shifts. Test results indicate no effects by the muscle relaxants, contrary to a hypothesis that the drugs, in affecting the normal reflex response of the middle ear, would cause greater shifts.
Keywords
Hearing-thresholds; Noise-induced-hearing-loss; Hearing-tests; Muscle-relaxants;
CAS No.
532-03-6; 78-44-4; 57-53-4; 439-14-5;
Publication Date
19680501
Fiscal Year
1968
Priority Area
Noise-induced-hearing-loss
Source Name
NIOSH, National Center for Urban and Industrial Health, Report No. TR-50, 25 pages, 11 references
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division