Patient's question:
My daughter, who is 5 years old, developed a fever and said her ears felt blocked, sometimes experiencing hearing loss. During the fever, she took Tylenol and cephalosporin drugs. Please ask: Is there a connection between the fever and hearing loss, and will it recover?Doctor's answer:
Hello, there are many reasons for hearing impairment, with common causes including noise, trauma, infection, tumors, specific conditions such as otosclerosis, the use of ototoxic drugs, congenital diseases (genetic changes in autosomes and sex chromosomes), arteriosclerosis in the elderly, and systemic factors such as endocrine-related deafness. In children, congenital factors are more common, such as genetic abnormalities, intrauterine infections, medication use during pregnancy, or the use of drugs that cause hearing loss during infections.