ArticleThe American journal of case reports2020
A 67-Year-Old Woman with Sudden Hearing Loss Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
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- When to test for COVID-19 using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: a systematic review.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Dizziness in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 and Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Auditory Disturbances and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Brain Inflammation or Cochlear Affection? Systematic Review and Discussion of Potential Pathogenesis.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and audio-vestibular disorders.International journal of immunopathology and pharmacologyPooled it
- Effects of Intratympanic Steroid Therapy in Sudden Hearing Loss in Children: The Clinical Case of an Exceptionally Late Hearing Recovery.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Peripheral and Central Auditory Systems in Children and Adolescents Before and After COVID-19 Infection.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Persistent ENT Manifestations in Individuals who Recovered from COVID-19: A Systematic Review.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2024Review
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- Peripheral and brainstem auditory evaluation in post-COVID-19 individuals.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Tinnitus and COVID-19: effect of infection, vaccination, and the pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccination-related tinnitus is associated with pre-vaccination metabolic disorders.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Sudden Hearing Loss Waves: The Effect of COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination on the Inner Ear.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Safety Signal Generation for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccination: Postmarketing Surveillance Using the French Pharmacovigilance Spontaneous Reporting Database.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- The Role of IL-6 in Inner Ear Impairment: Evidence from 146 Recovered Patients with Omicron Infected in Tianjin, China.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A review on the impacts of COVID-19 on the auditory system: Implications for public health promotion research.Health promotion perspectives · 2023Review
- Comparative Study of Audiovestibular Symptoms between Early and Late Variants of COVID-19.Audiology research · 2022Article
- Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Post Coronavirus Disease: A Systematic Review of Case Reports.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- Intratympanic injection of dexamethasone for management of labyrinthitis associated with COVID-19 disease resistant cases.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 infection with bilateral intralabyrinthine hemorrhage.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND Few reports have described the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and sudden hearing loss. The precise pathophysiological mechanism causing this symptom is unknown. This report describes a case of sudden hearing loss in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. CASE REPORT A 67-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), as confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing from nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs, was examined. She experienced sudden hearing loss in her right ear and disabling tinnitus. She underwent combined corticosteroid therapy (oral and intratympanic), resulting in an isolated improvement of 250 kHz in the right ear (from 60 dB, the threshold became 15 dB) and of 4, 6, and 8 kHz in the left ear (from 35 dB, 20 dB, and 35 dB, the thresholds became 15 dB, 5 dB and 20 dB, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Although rare, hearing loss appears to be a possible sequela to SARS-CoV-2 infection and deserves attention because it is a medical emergency requiring immediate clinical treatment. Additional studies are needed to assess the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in and the long-term characteristics of this type of hearing loss.
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