UCSF: Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Are Common In Cancer Survivors

Reporting by Elizabeth Fernandez

Photo by Susan Merrell

While children receiving chemotherapy routinely undergo hearing tests, adults don’t, and a new study by UC San Francisco reports for the first time that significant hearing issues often occur among adult survivors of the most common forms of cancer.

The researchers found that more than half the survivors in their study who had been treated with chemotherapy experienced significant hearing problems.

Previously, it was unknown how frequently...

Read the original article on University of California San Francisco here.