@article{ref1,
title="Hearing loss in the shaken baby syndrome",
journal="International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology",
year="2014",
author="Alzahrani, Musaed and Ratelle, Justine and Cavel, Oren and Laberge-Malo, Marie and Saliba, Issam",
volume="78",
number="5",
pages="804-806",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To evaluate hearing in children diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective study conducted in a pediatric tertiary care center between 2006 and 2012. Children diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome were included for hearing evaluation by conventional audiometry, distortion product otoacoustic emissions and auditory brainstem responses. <br><br>RESULTS: Twenty-eight children were included (22 boys and 6 girls). The mean age of children at presentation was 8 months (range 1-26 months) and the mean delay before audiometric evaluation was 30 months (range 1-87 months). One child was diagnosed as having a moderate sensorineural hearing loss. The tympanic membrane mobility was normal (type A) for both ears in 22 children, one child had a reduced tympanic mobility in one ear, two children had a negative pressure, one child had a functional trans-tympanic tube and test was not performed in 2 patients. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This is the first study reporting hearing loss as a possible result of shaken baby syndrome. However, further studies with larger number of children would be preferable. We recommend hearing evaluation for these children to rule out hearing loss.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-5876",
doi="10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.02.018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.02.018"
}