[Audiologic late prognosis due to meningitis in children].

Introduction: Auditory deficit has been considered one of the main late manifestations of meningitis, when it occurs during the two first years of life. Few studies have been conducted in Brazil explaining the evolution of children who had meningitis and the percentage, as well the neurological gravity, the auditory problems and sequels after the children left the hospital.

Objective: To characterize the main auditory and neurological correlation, delineating the profile of the auditory deficits found five years after the central nervous system infection.