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6718112

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-one children with bacterial meningitis were studied prospectively using serial recordings of brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) from the earliest phase of the disease, according to a standardized protocol. The objectives were to make an early diagnosis and follow the evolution of deafness in the course of meningitis and evaluate the prognostic value of BAEP. Thirty-five children (68.6%) always had normal recordings; 11 children (21.6%) had transient BAEP abnormalities (prolonged wave V latency or elevated threshold for wave I), and five children (9.8%) had persistent pathologic BAEP recordings from the first examination at 48 hours until discharge from the hospital and have a persistent deafness. All recordings that were normal or pathologic at discharge were confirmed by behavioral audiometry 3 months later. These results show the early occurrence of deafness in the course of meningitis with a crucial phase of possible recovery or worsening occurring during the first 2 weeks. There were no cases of "late" deafness or "late" recovery (there was sometimes slight improvement) occurring after discharge; thus BAEPs have a prognostic value. However, observation of a child with clinically proven selective high-frequency postmeningitic deficit but without a hearing handicap, a disorder that was diagnosed early with BAEP (which tests only the high frequencies), is a warning that this method alone is insufficient and that clinical auditory surveillance and conventional audiometry remain necessary.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0031-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
579-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Early diagnosis and evolution of deafness in childhood bacterial meningitis: a study using brainstem auditory evoked potentials.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports