Audiovestibular symptoms and sequelae in COVID-19 patients.
J Vestib Res
; 31(5): 381-387, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1081662
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
since the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak a growing number of symptoms and deficits associated with the new pathology have emerged, among them cochlear damage in otherwise asymptomatic COVID-19 patients has been described.OBJECTIVE:
to investigate general and audiovestibular symptoms and sequelae in healed patients, and to seek for any sign of residual or permanent hearing or vestibular loss.METHODS:
we reviewed the data coming from 48 Covid-19 patients whose nasopharyngeal swabs have turned negative, all employed at our facility, that opted in for a free screening of audiovestibular symptoms offered by our hospital after the aforementioned report was published. The screening included a tonal pure tone audiometry, a vHIT and SHIMP test, as well as a survey including known symptoms and audiovestibular symptoms.RESULTS:
general symptoms as reported by our patients largely reflect what reported by others in the literature. 4 (8.3%) patients reported hearing loss, 2 (4.2%) tinnitus, 4 dizziness (8.3%), 1 spinning vertigo (2%), 1 dynamic imbalance (2%), 3 static imbalance (6.3%). Most audiovestibular symptoms have regressed. Thresholds at pure tone audiometry and vHIT gain were within normality range in all post-Covid-19 patients.CONCLUSIONS:
even if some patients suffer from audiovestibular symptoms, these are mostly transitory and there is no clear evidence of clinically relevant persistent cochlear or vestibular damage after recovery.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Vestib Res
Journal subject:
Otolaryngology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
VES-201505
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