Pediatric Hearing Thresholds Post-bacterial Meningitis
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Hearing loss during bacterial meningitis.
OBJECTIVE To determine the natural history and pathogenesis of hearing loss in children with acute bacterial meningitis. DESIGN Multicentre prospective study. SETTING 21 hospitals in the south and west of England and South Wales. SUBJECTS 124 children between the ages of 4 weeks and 16 years with newly diagnosed bacterial meningitis. METHODS Children underwent repeated audiological asse...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2296-875X
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.00036