Medicine

Which of the following statements concerning sensorineural hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis are TRUE?

It occurs rarely (less than 5% of cases)

It occurs more commonly when Haemophilus influenza type B rather than Streptococcus pneumonia is the causative organism of the meningitis

Its onset often is late in the clinical course, after discontinuation of antimicrobial therapy

Prompt institution of antimicrobial therapy appears not to influence the incidence