Part I : General Overview -- 1. Pediatric Hearing Loss -- 2. Newborn Hearing Screening -- 3. Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Hearing Loss -- 4. Communicating with a Child with Hearing Loss -- 5. Communication in the family of a hearing-impaired child -- Part II : Congenital and Neonatal Infections -- 6. Congenital Infections and Hearing Loss: An Overview -- 7. Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Hearing Loss -- 8. Congenital Toxoplasmosis and Hearing Loss -- 9. Congenital Rubella Infection and Hearing Loss -- 10. Congenital Syphilis and Hearing Loss -- 11. Congenital Zika Virus Infection and Hearing Loss -- 12. Hearing Loss in Neonates Exposed to Herpes Simplex Virus -- 13. Hearing Loss in Neonatal Sepsis and Meningitis -- Part III : Focal and Systemic Infectious Diseases -- 14. Otitis Externa in Children and Auditory Impairment -- 15. Necrotising (Malignant) Otitis Externa and Auditory Impairment in Children -- 16. Acute Otitis Media and Hearing Loss in Children -- 17. OtitisMedia with Effusion and Hearing Loss in Children -- 18. Recurrent Otitis Media and Hearing Loss in Children -- 19. Mastoiditis and Hearing Loss in Children -- 20. Labyrinthitis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 21. Bacterial Meningitis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 22. Recurrent Meningitis, Congenital Defects, and Hearing Loss -- 23. Focal Suppurative Infections of the Central Nervous System in Children and Hearing Loss -- 24. Viral Meningitis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 25. Meningoencephalitis in Children and Hearing Loss -- Part IV : Bacterial Infections -- 26. Bacterial Infections in Children and Hearing Loss: An Overview -- 27. Group B Streptococcal Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 28. Pneumococcal Meningitis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 29. Meningococcal Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 30. Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 31. Gram-Negative Bacterial Meningitis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 32. Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 33. Citrobacter Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 34. Fusobacterium Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 35. Streptococcus suis Infection and Hearing Loss -- 36. Lyme Disease and Hearing Loss in Children -- 37. Tuberculosis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 38. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 39. Cat-Scratch Disease in Children and Hearing Loss -- 40. Bordetella pertussis Infection and Hearing Loss -- 41. Diphtheria and Hearing Loss -- 42. Brucellosis in Children and Hearing Loss -- 43. Syphilis and Hearing Loss -- 44. Chlamydia Psittaci Infection and Hearing Loss -- 45. Rickettsial Diseases in Children and Hearing Loss -- 46. Scrub typhus and hearing loss: Orientia tsutsugamushi infection via Leptotrombidium bites -- 47. Tropheryma whipplei Infection (Whipple's Disease) and Hearing Loss -- Part V : Viral Infections -- 48.Viral Infections in Children and Hearing Loss: An Overview -- 49. Measles Infection in Children and Hearing Loss -- 50. Mumps Infection in Children and Hearing Loss -- 51. Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Children and Hearing Loss -- 52. Herpes Zoster Oticus and Hearing Loss -- 53. Enterovirus Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 54. COVID-19 in Children and Hearing Loss -- 55. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) Infection in Children and Hearing Loss -- 56. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Children and Hearing Loss -- 57. Lassa Fever and Hearing Loss -- 58. Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever and Hearing Loss -- Part VI : Fungal Infections -- 59. Fungal Infections in Children and Hearing Loss -- 60. Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis Infection in Children and Hearing Loss -- Part VII : Parasitic Infections -- 61. Parasitic Infections in Children and Hearing Loss: An Overview -- 62. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (The Rat Lungworm) Infection and Hearing Loss -- Part VIII: Prion Diseases -- 63. Prion Diseases and Hearing Loss -- 64. Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Hearing Loss -- Part IX : Diseases of Unknown Etiology -- 65. Kawasaki Disease and Hearing Loss -- Part X : Autoinflammatory Syndromes -- 66. Periodic Fever Syndromes in Children and Hearing Loss -- Part XI : Vaccines -- 67. Vaccines and Hearing Loss -- Part XII : Cochlear Implants -- 68. Cochlear Implant Infections in Children -- Part XIII : Therapeutic Agents -- 69. Antibacterial Agents for Pediatric Infections, and Hearing Loss -- 70. Antituberculous Agents for Pediatric Mycobacterial Diseases and Hearing Loss -- 71. Antiviral Agents for Pediatric Infections, and Hearing Loss -- 72. Antifungal Agents for Pediatric Infections, and Hearing Loss -- 73. Antiparasitic Agents for Pediatric Infections, and Hearing Loss.