Following a serious bout of bacterial meningitis, the parents of a 14-month-old has noted the child is not responding to verbal commands. The nurse will explain the pathophysiologic principle behind this by educating the patients by which of the following statements?
A) "This could be caused by the same organism that caused the meningitis, infecting the child's tympanic membrane."
B) "This may be due to a loss of hair cells and damage to the auditory nerve."
C) "The ear and the lining of the brain that was infected are all connected together."
D) "It is common for meningitis to use up all the natural killer cells and therefore increase the risk of having brain tumors develop."
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