ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2022
COVID-19 caused hearing loss.
Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05052320 (Audiological Assessment of Recovered Covid 19 Subjects.), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Audiological Assessment of Recovered Covid 19 Subjects.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Severe Bilateral Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Mild COVID-19 Infection Requiring Cochlear Implantation: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Neuroscientific therapies for subjective tinnitus.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2026Review
- Trends and driving factors of age-related hearing loss and severity over 30 years: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Observational
- Effect of COVID-19 on the characteristics and outcome of patients who have otitis media with effusion: a case-control study.Head & face medicine · 2024Article
- Peripheral and brainstem auditory evaluation in post-COVID-19 individuals.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Association between COVID-19 and sensorineural hearing loss: Evidence from a Mendelian randomization study in European and East Asian population.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2023Article
- Predictors of Dizziness and Hearing Disorders in People with Long COVID.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- The Pathogenesis of Cytomegalovirus and Other Viruses Associated with Hearing Loss: Recent Updates.Viruses · 2023Review
- Auditory function in symptomatic patients recovered from SARS-CoV-2 and unexposed patients: An analytical cross-sectional study.Journal of otology · 2023Article
- Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Patients with Long-COVID-19: Objective and Behavioral Audiometric Findings.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- An online survey on clinical characteristics of otologic symptoms linked to COVID-19 infection.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and its effect on hearing.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Slight High-Frequency Hearing Loss, Effect of COVID-19 or Hydroxychloroquine Usage?Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2022Article
- Adverse Audio-Vestibular Effects of Drugs and Vaccines Used in the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19: A Review.Audiology research · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine if there is a potential link between COVID-19 infection and hearing loss.
methodsThe prospective study was conducted in the COVID Hospital Clinical Centre Niš, Serbia. We performed tonal audiometry and used a custom questionnaire and medical histories to determine the incidence of hearing loss in COVID-19 positive patients.
resultsThere were 74 patients with COVID-19 that met the inclusion criteria of this study and they composed our experimental group. Fifty-four (73%) were men and 20 (27%) women. There were 30 (40.5%) patients with hearing loss. Seventeen patients had unilateral and 13 had bilateral hearing loss. Significant differences between hearing loss groups and control group were found across all age groups, but not at all frequencies. No important differences were found when unilateral hearing loss and bilateral hearing loss groups were compared. There were no significant differences in distributions of comorbidities between the patients with hearing loss and normal hearing patients.
conclusionsWe found that 30 (40.5%) of the COVID-19 positive patients had sensorineural type of hearing loss. Across all age groups, there were statistically significant differences in frequencies between the COVID-19 positive patients and the control group. There were no significant differences in distributions of comorbidities between the patients with hearing loss and normal hearing patients. Distribution of unilateral and bilateral hearing loss and audiogram types was also not significantly different between the age groups.
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