Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Postmeningitic Children

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To establish the proportion of children who develop sensorineural hearing loss after bacterial meningitis and to correlate such loss with patient factors. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case review.

Authors

Wellman MB; Sommer DD; McKenna J

Journal

Otology & Neurotology, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 907–912

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

November 2003

DOI

10.1097/00129492-200311000-00015

ISSN

1531-7129

Associated Experts

Doron Sommer

Clinical Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Fields of Research (FoR)

4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 3202 Clinical sciences 42 Health Sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Age Distribution Audiometry Canada Child Child, Preschool Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem Female Hearing Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Humans Infant Male Meningitis, Bacterial Retrospective Studies Sex Distribution

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