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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan;135(1):452-456.
doi: 10.1002/lary.31742. Epub 2024 Sep 26.

Central Hearing Loss in a Pediatric Patient

Peter K Moon  1 , Lauren Bloom  2 , Melissa Tribble  2 , Angela H Ling  1 , Iram N Ahmad  1 , Kristen Yeom  3 , Alan G Cheng  1
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Central Hearing Loss in a Pediatric Patient

Peter K Moon et al. Laryngoscope. 2025 Jan.

Abstract

Sensorineural hearing loss is typically caused by dysfunction of the inner ear or auditory nerve. In pediatric patients diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss, work-up often includes genetic testing and imaging studies of the auditory pathway. Here, we report a case of a pediatric patient with a history of sensorineural hearing loss following cisplatin and radiation therapy for brainstem medulloblastoma, developing symptoms and signs of central hearing loss based on audiometric and MRI/diffusion tensor imaging studies. Though rare, central hearing loss should be considered among the causes of sensorineural hearing loss in children. Laryngoscope, 135:452-456, 2025.

Keywords: auditory pathway; central hearing loss; diffusion tensor imaging; inferior colliculus; pediatric.

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