18 of 21 dancers in thousand handed Guanyin are deaf due to drugs

18 of the 21 “thousand hands Guanyin” actors are deaf due to medicine

The reason why the thousand handed Guanyin dance performed by the Chinese Disabled Art Troupe shocked people is not only because of the beauty of the dance itself, but also because all the people who participated in the dance performance were deaf mute actors. Most of these deaf mute actors are caused by drugs.

Liu Yan, actor of China Disabled Art Troupe: there are 21 actors, 12 actresses and 9 actors.

Reporter: how many of them are deaf because of drugs?

Liu Yan, actor of China disabled artists group: there are 18 people in total, all of whom are deaf because of drugs.

In these 18 deaf mute actors, most of them are around the age of two because of the deafness caused by antibiotics when they have a fever.

Jiang Xintian, actor of China Disabled Art Troupe, had a high fever of more than 39 degrees, which was very small at that time. Her mother took her to the hospital for injection, and her allergy caused deafness.

Liu Yan, actor of China disabled artists group: the one-and-a-half-year-old deaf is caused by gentamicin.

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In China Rehabilitation Center for deaf children, the reporter learned that more than 30% of deaf children under seven years old in China are deaf due to drug side effects, and there are two kinds of commonly used antibiotics.

Chen Zhensheng, deputy director of China Rehabilitation Center for deaf children: a kind of aminoglycoside antibiotic is mainly represented by streptomycin, gentamicin and micronomicin. The second type is non aminoglycoside antibiotic, which represents lincomycin and erythromycin.

In fact, in addition to the antibiotics we are familiar with, drugs like aspirin and diuretics can also affect hearing.

Chen Zhensheng, deputy director of China Rehabilitation Center for deaf children: antipyretics and analgesics, salicylic acid preparations, such as antipyretics and analgesics that we used to use frequently, aspirin, the third kind, which we sometimes call diuretics, have heart disease and edema. These drugs, such as furosemide, ketonuria, etc., are a large class. In addition to this, there are also some anti-tumor drugs To appear (deaf).

When it comes to drugs leading to deafness, most people think of Western medicine, but experts point out that long-term use of some traditional Chinese medicine containing heavy metals will also damage the auditory nerve.

Chen Zhensheng, deputy director of China Rehabilitation Center for deaf children: some contain mercury and arsenic, such as cinnabar, which we talked about in the past. These drugs contain some heavy metals. Improper use can also cause deafness.

In 1999, the state promulgated the “clinical use standard of commonly used ototoxic drugs” and published 30 drugs that are easy to cause deafness, among which there are more than 10 drugs most commonly used: streptomycin, gentamicin, kanamycin, micronomicin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, vancomycin hydrochloride, aspirin, quinine, furosemide and diuretic acid.

(this article is from CCTV’s 2006 life, excerpted from this site)