ArticleInfection and drug resistance2023
Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Patients with Long-COVID-19: Objective and Behavioral Audiometric Findings.
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- Audiovestibular Dysfunction Related to Long COVID-19 Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Characteristics, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Relationship between COVID-19 and "three inflammations and one deafness": a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Being in postmenopause may be associated with lower prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms among women over 45 years of age with and without HIV.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Ozone water enema activates SIRT1-Nrf2/HO-1 pathway to ameliorate gut dysbiosis in mice receiving COVID-19 patient-derived faecal microbiota.Journal of medical microbiology · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Tinnitus in Patients Affected by COVID-19: A Systematic Review.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Review
- Altered auditory brainstem responses are post-acute sequela of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Review of organ damage from COVID and Long COVID: a disease with a spectrum of pathology.Medical review (2021) · 2025Review
- Evaluation of the Peripheral and Central Auditory Systems in Children and Adolescents Before and After COVID-19 Infection.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring the Prevalence of Tinnitus and Ear-Related Symptoms in China After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Online Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Resting-State Brain Activity in Individuals with Tinnitus.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Tinnitus and COVID-19: effect of infection, vaccination, and the pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Current update on the neurological manifestations of long COVID: more questions than answers.EXCLI journal · 2024Review
- Peripheral and brainstem auditory evaluation in post-COVID-19 individuals.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Long COVID, the Brain, Nerves, and Cognitive Function.Neurology international · 2023Review
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Abstract
Introduction: The symptoms of COVID-19 are primarily respiratory system disorders. Sensorineural hearing loss can be caused by COVID-19, as other symptoms in the nervous system. Hearing loss may also be the only symptom or complication of this disease or the symptoms of long COVID-19. The study aimed to assess hearing in patients after COVID-19 infection. Material and Methods: The study conducted ENT and full hearing assessment in COVID-19 infection. All patients underwent complete audiological diagnostics, including threshold tonal audiometry, tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions, and auditory brainstem evoked potentials (ABR) tests. The study group included 58 patients aged 23 to 75 years who were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection six months before inclusion in the present study and reported post-COVID-19 hearing impairment. Results: There were statistically significant differences between the control and study groups. Sensorineural hearing loss was found in 65.5% of the tonal audiometry test. The stapes reflex was absent in almost 20% of post-COVID-19 patients. The analysis of ABRs demonstrated longer latencies of wave III, V, and time intervals I-III, I-V in post-COVID-19 patients. Conclusion: COVID-19 can damage the inner ear as well as the auditory pathway. Hearing loss may be the only symptom of COVID-19 or be a late complication of the disease due to postinfectious inflammation of the nerve tissue as a symptom of long COVID-19. Prolonged conduction of the auditory pathway shows the affinity of the virus to the nervous system as a symptom of long COVID. It is advisable to perform hearing diagnostics in patients after COVID-19 and provide them with specialist care.
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