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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 563-565Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182880037
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bacterial meningitis; outcome study; auditory brainstem response; hearing loss
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- Paivikki
- Sakari Sohlberg Foundation
- Sigrid Juselius Foundation
- Foundation for Pediatric Research
- daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland
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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.
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