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Meningitis and sensorineural hearing loss.
Author(s) -
Baldwin Robert L.,
Sweitzer Richard S.,
Freind Deborah B.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.1288/00005537-198507000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , sensorineural hearing loss , pediatrics , streptococcus pneumoniae , hearing loss , bacterial meningitis , audiology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A 12 month retrospective study was conducted on 54 children discharged from the Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, with a diagnosis of generalized meningitis, a major cause of post‐natal sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Of these high risk patients, 38 or 70% had Hemophilus influenza meningitis and fully 40% of those children tested audiometrically were determined to have SNHL. Becnuse there would appear to be an increase in SNHL in the post meningeal population, all children with a diagnosis of Haemophilus influenza , pneumococcal, or meningococcal meningitis should have an audiological workup, preferably prior to discharge from the hospital.