Hearing Measures in Children Perinatally HIV-exposed and Uninfected in the PHACS SMARTT Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have evaluated the ototoxic effects of in utero antiretroviral (ARV) exposure on hearing in children HIV-exposed uninfected (CHEU). Concerns have been identified for some ARVs: tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), emtricitabine (FTC), lamivudine (3TC), zidovudine (ZDV) and atazanavir (ATV). The aims are to describe hearing outcomes in 5-year-old CHEU in the Surveillance Monitoring for Antiretroviral Therapy Toxicities study and evaluate their association with in utero ARV exposures.

Methods

Hearing evaluations including pure-tone thresholds and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) were completed in CHEU at 5 years. Log-binomial regression models were fit to assess associations of maternal ARV exposures with risk of sensorineural hearing lo

SUBMITTER: Torre P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12790845 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature