[Sudden sensorineural hearing loss in children].
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical features of the sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) in children.


METHODS
Twenty-one children patients with SSHL and sixty-seven adult patients with SSHL as controls were investigated.


RESULTS
The possible causes were identified in 11 children cases (52.4%) as 4 mumps, 3 upper respiratory tract infections, 2 ototoxicity from aminoglycoside antibiotics, 1 noise exposure and 1 genetic metabolic encephalopathy.


CONCLUSIONS
The hearing impairment was more severe and the prognosis was more poor in children with SSHL than that in the adults with SSHL.
Ren
Jihao
J
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Liu
Bin
B
Lu
Yongde
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies