Meningitis and sensorineural hearing loss.

Baldwin, Robert L.; Sweitzer, Richard S.; Freind, Deborah

doi:10.1288/00005537-198507000-00011

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“…It is estimated that 6 to 40% of patients who survive meningitis experience partial to profound SNHL (10,11). Although not as well studied, the overall incidence of vestibular loss after meningitis seems lower, in the range of 3 to 12% (2).…”

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Vestibular End-Organ and Balance Deficits After Meningitis and Cochlear Implantation in Children Correlate Poorly With Functional Outcome

Cushing¹,

Papsin²,

James³

et al. 2009

Otology &Amp; Neurotology

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Vestibular function and balance are compromised in children with SNHL after meningitis. Whereas vestibular loss seems well compensated at low frequency through an overreliance on visual inputs, deficits surface during high-frequency rotation, particularly in dark. Saccular function seems less susceptible to damage from meningitis. Extent, location, and progression of ossification were variable. Despite profound dysfunction on objective testing, subjective limitations in functional balance were not reported, demonstrating the significant ability of children to compensate for even the most severe vestibular losses.

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Vestibular End-Organ and Balance Deficits After Meningitis and Cochlear Implantation in Children Correlate Poorly With Functional Outcome

Cushing¹,

Papsin²,

James³

et al. 2009

Otology &Amp; Neurotology

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“…Epidemics typically occur in the dry seasons with an attack rates of (100-800) cases per 100.000 (WHO Report 1998). Baldwin et al (1985) reported of post-natal sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) as one of the major complications in meningitis. In their 12 month retrospective study conducted on 54 children discharged from the Children's Hospital, Birmingham (Alabama) with a diagnosis of generalized meningitis, they identified that 38 patients (70%) had Haemophilus influenza meningitis and 40% of these children tested audiometrically were determined to have SNHL.…”

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Hearing loss in post-meningitis patients in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Opoku-Buabeng¹,

Gw²

2014

Jnl Sci Tech

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Meningitis is one of the infective disorders which can complicate with hearing loss. This study evaluates the incidence of hearing loss in patients who had suffered from a bacterial meningitis infection. The aim of this study was to find out the incidence rate of hearing loss in patients after recovering from meningitis. Some patients who were admitted, diagnosed and managed as cases of bacterial meningitis from the medical and the children's wards of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital were recruited to participate in this study after they had been discharged. These patients underwent a hearing assessment using a pure tone audiometer. These patients who survived meningitis were aged between (8-62) years with a mean age of 32.1 years. Of the 58 patients evaluated 12 (20.7%) presented with a sensorineural hearing loss. 6.9% of the patients presented with a mild hearing loss, 8.7% with a moderate hearing loss, 1.7% with a severe hearing loss whereas the remaining 3.4% presented with a profound hearing loss. This study showed that patients who suffered from meningitis infection may develop hearing loss.

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“…5,6 Inner ear bacterial infections can develop as well, especially in the case of meningitis, which has frequently been associated with acute hearing loss. 7,8 Toxins produced by the bacteria that cause typhoid fever and diphtheria were also implicated as causes of acute hearing loss in one reference. 9 In the case of varicella-zoster virus, reactivation of the virus that caused chickenpox as a child can lead to herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay Hunt syndrome) which may acutely affect the hearing ability as an adult.…”

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Diphtheria and Hearing Loss

Schubert

Cruickshanks²,

Wiley³

et al. 2001

Public Health Reports

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Diphtheria in childhood may have consequences for hearing that do not become apparent until later in life. A possible biological mechanism for a diphtheria effect on hearing ability exists: The toxin produced by the Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria can cause damage to cranial nerves and therefore may affect the auditory neural pathway. These data may have important implications for areas facing a resurgence of diphtheria cases.

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Meningitis and sensorineural hearing loss.

Cited by 28 publications

References 19 publications

Vestibular End-Organ and Balance Deficits After Meningitis and Cochlear Implantation in Children Correlate Poorly With Functional Outcome

Vestibular End-Organ and Balance Deficits After Meningitis and Cochlear Implantation in Children Correlate Poorly With Functional Outcome

Hearing loss in post-meningitis patients in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Diphtheria and Hearing Loss

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