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There are several potential disabilities resulting from damage to the nervous system. These include seizures (with its concommitant brain damage), sensorineural hearing loss, hydrocephalus, and cerebral palsy.
A common complication is loss of hearing as a result from damages to the hair cells in the cochlea, making them unable to transmit fluid-borne sound vibrations into electrical signaling to the auditory cortex. Hearing may be restored with the use of a cochlear implant, with better prognosis for the patient if they receive it early. As time passes from the meningitis until the implantation, the liquid in the cochlea may become progressively stiffer, first like jelly and then already within two months it may become hard like bone, making the implantation impossible to perform.[citation needed] But if the implant is received quickly enough, the resulting artificial hearing may be very good. A one-year-old child completely losing all hearing and receiving implants within 4 weeks can get an artificial hearing that is good enough to understand spoken language as well as, or even better than average children of the same age.
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