Couto MI, Monteiro SR, Lichtig I, Casella EB, Carvallo RM, de Navarro JM. [Audiological assessment and follow-up after bacterial meningitis].
ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 1999;
57:808-12. [PMID:
10751916 DOI:
10.1590/s0004-282x1999000500012]
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Abstract
Hearing loss is the more frequent sequel of bacterial meningitis in children. This study describes the audiological profile (peripheric and central) of 89 children admitted to the hospital wards with the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. Those children attended audiological follow up, after their hospital discharge, and were submitted to audiological tests. The results showed that 85.4% among them presented normal hearing in both ears 10.1% presented bilateral neurosensorial hearing loss and 4.5% presented unilateral neurosensorial hearing loss. The results from the auditory processing skills assessment showed that 10% of those children presented auditory localization and recognition of sentences with competitive messages (Paediatric Sentences Identification-ipsilateral) disorders.
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