A long-term follow-up study on otoacoustic emissions testing in paediatric patients with severe malaria in Gabon.

Elisa ReitererSimon ReiderPeter LacknerNatalie FischerDaniel DejacoHerbert RiechelmannPatrick ZorowkaPeter G KremsnerAyola Akim AdegnikaErich SchmutzhardSchmutzhard Joachim

Published in: Malaria journal (2019)

Cochlear malfunction seems to be persistent after 4 years in more than 16% of children hospitalized for malaria. In a healthy control group, this proportion was 7.8%. Yet, the severity of the initial TEOAE-decrease did not predict a worse outcome.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
young adults
emergency department
intensive care unit
early onset
drug induced
hearing loss