Which of the Following Is Often the First Sign of Ototoxicity

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is often the first sign of ototoxicity from drugs or chemicals?

• A) Sudden total loss of hearing
• B) Tinnitus
• C) Severe pain in ear
• D) Fluid exudate draining from ear

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Definitions:

Regional Metamorphism

Metamorphism affecting an extensive region and related mostly to regional burial, heating, and deformation of rocks.

Contact Metamorphism

Metamorphism that principally involves heating of the rocks next to a magma or hot igneous material.

Subduction

The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge.

Thrust Faulting

A type of faulting where one rock layer is pushed up and over another due to compressional forces.