Xu MJ, et al. - Researchers intended to determine if there is an association between Ebola virus infection and hearing loss in this systematic review of 15 studies describing 1,775 survivors of Ebola virus infection and 363 uninfected controls. According to results, the reported odds ratios for hearing loss in survivors was 7.50 in studies comparing survivors with controls. In countries where Ebola virus infection is endemic, the odds ratio of hearing loss in survivors vs controls was 1.84 when including all studies. Overall, the authors concluded that Ebola virus infection survivors had higher hearing loss rates vs uninfected controls in regions where the infection is endemic.