EXTRAPYRAMIDAL CEREBRAL PALSY WITH HEARING LOSS FOLLOWING ERYTHROBLASTOSIS

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Abstract
Follow up studies on 23 cases of kernicterus are reported. The familiar combination of extrapyramidal palsy, defects of hearing, and disturbance of eye movement was found. The physical picture evolves with advancing age but changes according to a reasonably consistent pattern, which has been presented. The eventual degree of handicap, both physical and mental, is less than is commonly believed to be the case. Review of these cases leaves the writers with a feeling that the patients and their families find ways of utilizing assets which are ingenious and effective. It is disconcerting to find how often defects of hearing are unrecognized, or are left a matter of controversy, even when every method of testing is used. It is also interesting to find how little agreement there is on physiotherapy and apparatus. Further series of observations on older children may lead to agreement on many important matters which are still confused.

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