[Two cases of auditory disturbance caused by carbamazepine].

Abstract

Two cases of auditory disturbance caused by carbamazepine are reported. Patient 1, a 9-year-old boy with benign Rolandic epilepsy, developed impairment of pitch perception one day after administration of carbamazepine. Patient 2, a 33-year-old female with glossopharyngeal neuralgia, developed impairment of pitch perception several hours after administration of carbamazepine, complaining that the perceived sounds became lower than previously by a semitone. Her pitch perception recovered soon after the cessation of carbamazepine. The carbamazepine-induced disturbance in pitch perception may be more frequent than we guess.

• Authors: A Tateno, I Omura
• Journal: No to hattatsu = Brain and development (No To Hattatsu) Vol. 32 Issue 5 Pg. 420-3 (Sep 2000) ISSN: 0029-0831 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 11004836 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
• Anticonvulsants
• Carbamazepine

Topics

• Adult
• Analgesics, Non-Narcotic (adverse effects)
• Anticonvulsants (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Auditory Perceptual Disorders (chemically induced)
• Carbamazepine (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Child
• Epilepsy, Rolandic (drug therapy)
• Female
• Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases (drug therapy)
• Humans
• Male
• Pitch Perception
• Time Factors