Hearing Abilities in Children with Perinatally Acquired HIV, Children Perinatally Exposed to HIV but Uninfected, and Children Unexposed to HIV.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Children with perinatal HIV (PHIV) are more at risk for hearing loss than HIV-unexposed (HU) children. Due to medical advances maternal HIV transmission to newborns is decreasing, but in children with perinatal HIV exposure, uninfected (PHEU) is increasing. The objectives were to evaluate (1) pure-tone audiometry and cochlear and auditory neural function in children with perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV), children with perinatal HIV exposure but uninfected (PHEU), and HIV-unexposed (HU) children and (2) differences in hearing measures for children with PHIV according to HIV disease severity. Methods: Three hundred and thirty-three children (105 PHIV [58 girls, 47 boys], 101 PHEU [51 girls, 50 boys], and 127 HU [65 girls, 62 boys]), aged 11-14 years, compl

SUBMITTER: Torre P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12729991 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature