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SUBMITTER: Bass JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5520626 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pediatric blood & cancer 20160229 7
Hearing loss (HL) is common in childhood cancer survivors exposed to platinum chemotherapy and/or cranial radiation and can severely impact quality of life. Early detection and appropriate management can mitigate academic, speech, language, social, and psychological morbidity resulting from hearing deficits. This review is targeted as a resource for providers involved in aftercare of childhood cancers. The goal is to promote early identification of survivors at-risk for HL, appropriate evaluatio ...[more]