Patent attributes
In one aspect, use of compounds as active agents to treat a hearing impairment and to prevent a hearing impairment, and methods of treating and/or preventing hearing impairments or disorders using the compositions are disclosed. Momelotinib and Fedratinib exhibit excellent protection against antibiotic-induced hearing loss in zebrafish and mice when administered prophylactically. In one aspect, Momelotinib or Fedratinib can be used as a therapy for the treatment and/or prevention of hearing loss. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.