[Sudden sensorineural hearing loss in children]

Jihao Ren; Bin Liu; Yongde Lu

[Sudden sensorineural hearing loss in children]

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi. 2004 Jan;18(1):17-8.

[Article in Chinese]

Authors

Jihao Ren¹, Bin Liu, Yongde Lu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.

PMID: 15088343

Abstract

Objective: To study the clinical features of the sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) in children.

Method: Twenty-one children patients with SSHL and sixty-seven adult patients with SSHL as controls were investigated.

Result: The possible causes were identified in 11 children cases (52.4%) as 4 mumps, 3 upper respiratory tract infections, 2 ototoxicity from aminoglycoside antibiotics, 1 noise exposure and 1 genetic metabolic encephalopathy.

Conclusion: The hearing impairment was more severe and the prognosis was more poor in children with SSHL than that in the adults with SSHL.

Publication types

Comparative Study
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Factors
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / drug therapy
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / etiology*
Hearing Loss, Sudden / drug therapy
Hearing Loss, Sudden / etiology*
Hearing Tests
Humans
Male
Mumps / complications*
Respiratory Tract Infections / complications
Retrospective Studies