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Myringotomy tubes do not appear to adversely affect the final outcomes of pediatric CI recipients and can be managed similarly to MTs in other otitis media-prone children. They may be left in place in children who continue to experience recurrent acute otitis media or removed in children who no longer need them.

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.

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