Elise De Cuyper, Frederic Acke, Annelies Keymeulen, Els De Leenheer, Helen Van Hoecke, Elizaveta Padalko, An Boudewyns, Annick Gilles, Marie Muylle, Rudolf Kuhweide, Liesbeth Royackers, Christian Desloovere, Margriet Verstreken, Isabelle Schatteman, Ingeborg Dhooge
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)...
November 2, 2023: JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery