Sensorineural hearing loss and mumps.
Out of 360 children with hearing loss seen during 1 year in the Haringey Audiology Unit, 21 had unilateral, sensorineural hearing loss. Sixteen had previously been checked to have no loss. It is strongly suspected that the hearing loss resulted from mumps, and therefore the disability in such children could be prevented by introducing mumps vaccination into the immunisation programme.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications*