Sensorineural hearing loss after suffering bacterial meningitis in children

Resumen

This study is dedicated to identifying the complicationsof sensorineural hearing loss (SHL) afterbacterial meningitis (BM) in children to optimizediagnosis and timely treatment. Complications of sensorineuralhearing loss (SHL) after bacterial meningitis (BM)in children were studied using screening observation ofpatients who had BM from 2015 to 2018. A cohort studywas conducted to detect CHT in patients with meningitisafter discharge with the mandatory audiological examination.Out of all 167 treated children, 103 children underwentan audiological examination, with a diagnosis of“Bacterial meningitis” – 60.7% (n = 65) and “Enterovirusmeningitis” - 73.3% (n = 52). Patients were monitoredfor 1 year, the corresponding clinical history data, a diagnosticprocedure, preoperative imaging data, the timeinterval between the diagnosis of bilateral deafness andcochlear implantation, computed tomography data withfibrosis or ossification were taken. Evaluation of hearingwas evaluated based on the latest available results of puretone and speech audiometry for children.