Deafness After Mumps More Common Than Previously Thought

In an article from a Japanese report in the March issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, physicians mumps is endemic in Japan. They determined the incidence of sudden acquired deafness in children with mumps based upon a population-based office survey of more than 7500 patients. The overall incidence of deafness among children with confirmed mumps was 7 cases in 7400 children with hearing tests, or 0.1%, the authors report. They determined that the incidence of sudden acquired deafness in children with mumps based upon a population-based office survey of more than 7500 patients. Mumps is endemic in Japan, and
none of the children with deafness due to mumps had received mumps vaccination.

This can be another arrow in your quiver when aiming to encourage immunizations with anti-vaccine families in your practice.