[Hearing impairment in children. Its problems and prognosis (author's transl)]

Classification of the aetiological factors in sensorineural hearing loss in children and the possible methods of its causal diagnosis and treatment are discussed. Hereditary sensorineural hearing loss is not per se resistant to treatment. Diagnostically distinction should be made between sensorineural and strial deafness, and for this accurate localization of pathology is necessary. Examples are given supporting these arguments.