This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Bacterial infection, Subject name: Medicine
While discharging a patient of meningitis due to H. influenzae the essential step you will do: 
Select and explain. 
A. EEG, B. Assess developmental milestones, C. Bilateral evoked auditory response, D. Refer for physiotherapy
C: Bilateral evoked auditory response
Answer: C: Bilateral evoked auditory response 
Explanation: H. influenzae is one of the three M/C/C of childhood otitis media (the other two being Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis). A diagnosis of otitis media is based on the detection by pneumatic otoscopy of fluid in the middle ear and bilateral evoked auditory response.