Kimberly,
I have just read your question about hearing loss and hydrocephalus and have
a question for you. I have a son who has Spina Bifida and a shunt for
hydrocephalus. He is now 8 years old and has had 8 revisions over the years. His
symptoms with the last four have been severe, meaning he tells me he has a
headache, soon after vomits, and falls asleep all within one hour or so, and
really is not conscious again until after they tap his shunt and operate. At
the age of six, he developed a high-frequency sensori-neural hearing loss in
his right ear, and now at age 8 has developed almost the same in his left
ear. He tends to hear fine with normal conversation, but has more trouble with
background noise. The ENT we see recommended we see a geneticist, which we
are going to do, but I always wondered if this could have anything to do with
his shunt and the many revisions. Did you ever find an answer to the case
you were asking about? Any thoughts you may have would be helpful. Thank
you so much,
Lisa Allyn
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