09-11, 16:30–17:00 (Europe/Istanbul), Equlibirium 1
Ototoxicity includes both cochleotoxicity and vestibulotoxicity. Whilst the former is well recognised, there is a distinct lack of awareness for the latter. Drug induced toxicity of the vestibular system generates significant morbidity and indeed is cryptogenic and remains undiagnosed. It is imperative that pharmacological agents that can damage the cochlea are recognised as agents that can also damage the vestibular system and hence evaluated from the vestibular point of view for prevention and treatment purposes. This lecture discusses in detail the different vestibulotoxic agents, their mechanism of action, their effect and the management of vestibulotoxicity. Alder Hey Hospitals affiliated to the University of Liverpool, UK has developed a vestibulotoxicity monitoring protocol for this purpose and one of the very few global centres to incorporate this as routine to monitor ototoxicity
To raise awareness about vestibulotoxicity that often remains undiagnosed and underdiagnosed.
Prof Soumit Dasgupta is an award winning consultant neurotologist and audiovestibular physician at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Hypatia Dizziness and Balance Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is a senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool and a lecturer in the University of Manchester, UK and an honorary professor in the University of Siena, Italy. He is a globally acknowledged expert in paediatric vestibular disorders leading one of the few tertiary paediatric vestibular centres in the world and a paediatric vestibular research laboratory. He is well published in peer reviewed index journals and has written several text book chapters. He is leading the UK in looking into genetic hearing loss and ototoxicity in the paediatric population with dedicated monitoring protocols and represents the UK in the International Ototoxicity Monitoring Group (IOMG), a global consortium of experts researching in ototoxicity. He is the international secretary of the International Vestibular Society, the Chairman of Education in the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians and an executive committee member of the British Society of Neurotology and Otology. He is an expert reviewer for 9 index journals on Neurotology and Genetics, in the editorial board of 4 index journals and is an expert adviser to the General Medical Council, United KingdomProf Soumit Dasgupta is an award winning consultant neurotologist and audiovestibular physician at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Hypatia Dizziness and Balance Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is a senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool and a lecturer in the University of Manchester, UK and an honorary professor in the University of Siena, Italy. He is a globally acknowledged expert in paediatric vestibular disorders leading one of the few tertiary paediatric vestibular centres in the world and a paediatric vestibular research laboratory. He is well published in peer reviewed index journals and has written several text book chapters. He is leading the UK in looking into genetic hearing loss and ototoxicity in the paediatric population with dedicated monitoring protocols and represents the UK in the International Ototoxicity Monitoring Group (IOMG), a global consortium of experts researching in ototoxicity. He is the international secretary of the International Vestibular Society, the Chairman of Education in the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians and an executive committee member of the British Society of Neurotology and Otology. He is an expert reviewer for 9 index journals on Neurotology and Genetics, in the editorial board of 4 index journals and is an expert adviser to the General Medical Council, United Kingdom