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Sensorineural hearing loss: Infectious agents
Author(s) -
Pappas Dennis G.,
Mundy Martha R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198207000-00007
Subject(s) - hearing loss , sensorineural hearing loss , medicine , etiology , audiology , bacterial meningitis , viral meningitis , meningitis , pediatrics
Twenty‐eight children with sensorineural hearing loss resulting from viral (17) or infectious (11) agents were analyzed according to the degree and stability of the loss and the age at identification. Early identification and determination of etiology is enhanced when a viral screen is performed in the nursery, and of questionable value when viral studies are done later. Eighty percent of the children who sustained a permanent loss as a result of meningitis had severe‐profound losses. Serial hearing testing should be done every 6 months for these children who are at risk for progression or fluctuations in their hearing loss.