With hearing loss being a common after effect of meningitis, I'm wondering if anyone has heard of this before, as our doctors are scratching their heads.
My son, who is now four, had Pneumococcal Meningitis at 14months, and thankfully has come out with just some minor emotional/behavioural issues and single sided deafness. However, it has since been discovered that the cochlea in the affetcted ear is actually working fine, and that the nerve sending the signals from the cochlea to the brain doesn't appear to be working. This has surprised the audiologists, who have advised that it is usually the cochlea that is affected, and are now suggesting he may have Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD), which is usually found during the newborn hearing test. (My sons hearing test was fine at birth) So there will be more tests done.
My question is, has anyone else heard of this being a thing from meningitis, or that it may actually be something missed at birth?
TIA. xxx