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  • Title: Meningitis and sensorineural hearing loss.
    Author: Baldwin RL, Sweitzer RS, Freind DB.
    Journal: Laryngoscope; 1985 Jul; 95(7 Pt 1):802-5. PubMed ID: 3892208.
    Abstract:
    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 Haemophilus influenza meningitis and fully 40% of those children tested audiometrically were determined to have SNHL. Because 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.
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