Utility of the auditory evoked potentials (AEP) as electrophysiologic indicator of exposure to ototoxic substances

Luis Manuel Torres García; Gerardo Gonzalo Pardo Rodríguez; Juan Lorenzo Muñiz Crones

2017, Number 3

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Revista Cubana de Salud y Trabajo 2017; 18 (3)

Utility of the auditory evoked potentials (AEP) as electrophysiologic indicator of exposure to ototoxic substances

Torres GLM, Pardo RGG, Muñiz CJL

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ABSTRACT

This work consists in the use of a means diagnose, the auditory evoked potentials (AEP) as an electrophysiologic indicator of exposure and early diagnosis of alterations by substances ototoxicity, in this case mercury and chlorine. This research was carried out with an Audix equipment to a group of operatives of the Electrochemical Company of Sagua La Grande, that they attended the specialized medical exam in the National Institute for Workers' Health (INSAT) of Havana, by means of the observation and evaluation of the electrophysiologic markers and their comparison with a group of workers of the sphere of the services non exposed to these noxious agents. We obtained as main result that the stocking of the latency (one of the electrophysiologic markers) for the wave V was bigger in the group of exposed workers to mercury and chlorine on those not exposed, and that this value was statistically significant.