Table 3.

The hearing results in children with BM

	All children (%)
The number of children tested for hearing	49/77 (64)
Possible fluctuations in hearing levels after BM	5/49 (10)
The final hearing according to BEHL (N = 49)
Hearing normal	47/49 (96)
Hearing loss (26–79 dB HL)	-
Deaf	2/49 (4)
The final hearing thresholds, ear-specific (N = 98)
Hearing normal	92/98 (94)
Hearing loss (26–79 dB HL)a	1/98 (1)
Deafb	5/98 (5)

BM bacterial meningitis, BOA behavioral observation audiometry

dB, decibel, BEHL, better ear hearing level

^aThe grade of hearing loss unclear (hearing tested by BOA)

^bStreptococcus pneumoniae in four ears, Neisseria meningitidis in one ear