Risk Factors for Natural Hearing Evolution in Newborns With Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the major cause of congenital nonhereditary sensorineural hearing loss in children. Currently, criteria to identify infants at increased risk for unfavorable hearing outcome are lacking.

Objective

To identify risk factors associated with cCMV-related hearing improvement, hearing deterioration, and late-onset hearing loss.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter cohort study included patients from 6 secondary and tertiary hospitals enrolled in the Flemish CMV registry (Belgium). Newborns with untreated cCMV infection with at least 4-year audiological follow-up were included. Patients who presented with other possible causes of sensorineural hearing loss were excluded. Data were collected for 15 years (January 1

SUBMITTER: De Cuyper E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623298 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature