Cholesteatoma Is Associated With Pediatric Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Objectives: This study identified an association between cholesteatoma and progressive sensorineural hearing loss using a large pediatric longitudinal audiologic dataset. Cholesteatoma is a potential sequela of chronic otitis media with effusion, a commonly observed auditory pathology that can contribute to hearing loss in children. The purpose of this report is to (i) describe the process of identifying the association between cholesteatoma and progressive sensorineural hearing loss in a large pediatric dataset and (ii) describe the audiologic data acquired over time in patients identified with cholesteatoma-associated progressive sensorineural hearing loss.