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Table 2 Brock ototoxicity grading scale

From: Low early ototoxicity rates for pediatric medulloblastoma patients treated with proton radiotherapy

FREQUENCY (kHz)

GRADE

-

0

8

1

4

2

2

3

1

4

  1. On this scale, ototoxicity is graded by the lowest frequency level at which a hearing threshold loss of at least 40 dB occurs [19]. If no threshold loss of this magnitude is detected at or below 8 kHz, the toxicity grade is zero.
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Radiation Oncology

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