Scoping review of hearing loss attributed to congenital syphilis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are no narrative or systematic reviews of hearing loss in patients with congenital syphilis.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to perform a scoping review to determine what is known about the incidence, characteristics, prognosis, and therapy of hearing loss in children or adults with presumed congenital syphilis.

Eligibility criteria

PROSPERO, OVID Medline, OVID EMBASE, Cochrane Library (CDSR and Central), Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global, and SCOPUS were searched from inception to March 31, 2023. Articles were included if patients with hearing loss were screened for CS, ii) patients with CS were screened for hearing loss, iii) they were case reports or case series that describe the characteristics of hearing loss, or iv) an intervention f

SUBMITTER: Amjad Hafeeez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11051613 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature