ASSESSMENT OF COCHLEAR DAMAGE AFTER PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS USING OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS

Authors
DAYA H AMEDOFU G WOODROW CJ AGRANOFF D BROBBY G AGBENYEGA T KRISHNA S
Citation
H. Daya et al., ASSESSMENT OF COCHLEAR DAMAGE AFTER PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS USING OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91(3), 1997, pp. 248-249
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00359203
Volume
91
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
248 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9203(1997)91:3<248:AOCDAP>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Three cases are reported of children in Ghana with pneumococcal mening itis and differing degrees of hearing loss. The children were examined up to 12 d after admission by means of otoacoustic emissions. The tec hnique is objective, non-invasive, quick (<5 min per ear) and suitable for use in paediatric wards.