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AAP Grand Rounds 22:4 (2009)
© 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics

OTOLARYNGOLOGY/HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

Eye Abnormalities Associated With Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Source: Sharma A, Ruscetta MN, Chi DH. Ophthalmologic findings in children with sensorineural hearing loss. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009;135(2):119–123; doi:10.1001/archoto.2008.546[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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PICO

Question: In children with sensorineural hearing loss, what is the nature and prevalence of concurrent ophthalmologic abnormalities?

Question type: Descriptive

Study design: Retrospective case series

 

To determine the prevalence of ophthalmologic abnormalities in children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), investigators at the University of Washington, Seattle, and University of Pittsburgh retrospectively reviewed the charts of children aged 18 years and younger seen at a tertiary care university children’s hospital between November 2000 and June 2007 for SNHL. All children with SNHL for whom results of ophthalmologic evaluation were available were included in the study.

Severity of hearing loss assessed by audiometric evaluation was defined as follows: mild, 26 to 40 dB; moderate, 41 to 55 dB; moderately severe, 56 to 70 dB; severe, 71 to 90 dB; and profound, greater than 90 dB. Patients in the study . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Joshua A. Gottschall, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA