Hearing impairment and its predictors in childhood bacterial meningitis in Angola

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 May;32(5):563-5. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182880037.

Abstract

Hearing was evaluated in 244 ears of 124 children in Angola by auditory brainstem response audiometry 3 months after bacterial meningitis. Of all ears, 81% recovered without impairment. Of all children, 74% recovered without impairment, 5% had unilateral and 11% bilateral impairment. Seizures before or during hospital stay and disease severity were the best predictors of ≥ 80 dB impairment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angola / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
  • Female
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Hearing Loss / epidemiology
  • Hearing Loss / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / epidemiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Seizures / microbiology
  • Treatment Outcome