TY - JOUR
T1 - Is COVID-19 to Blame for Sensorineural Hearing Deterioration? A Pre/Post COVID-19 Hearing Evaluation Study
AU - Taitelbaum-Swead, Riki
AU - Pinhas, Adi
AU - Cohen Tsemah, Shiraz
AU - Wechsler, Hagar
AU - Chordekar, Shai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - Objectives: Here, we aimed to (a) determine whether a clinically significant sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) change could be detected in post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hearing levels on comparing them with pre-infection hearing levels after controlling for the effect of age and (b) to identify risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, and smoking, which increase the likelihood of hearing loss in COVID-19 patients. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed hearing thresholds in unvaccinated patient's pre- and post-COVID-19 infection. Thresholds were controlled for age and the duration between the pre- and post-COVID-19 hearing evaluations. Correlations between additional COVID-19-related symptoms, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking and hearing threshold changes were analyzed. Results: A significant (but not clinical) threshold elevation was found post-COVID-19 infection. However, on controlling for age and the duration between the pre- and post-COVID-19 hearing evaluations, no significant threshold elevation was found. No significant correlation was found between hearing threshold changes and additional COVID-19-related symptoms, hypertension, diabetes, or smoking. Conclusion: COVID-19 did not lead to a significant hearing threshold elevation in our cohort, even among patients with additional COVID-19 symptoms, hypertension, or diabetes mellitus or among those who smoked. Level of Evidence: 3. nonrandomized controlled cohort, follow-up study Laryngoscope, 133:1976–1981, 2023.
AB - Objectives: Here, we aimed to (a) determine whether a clinically significant sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) change could be detected in post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hearing levels on comparing them with pre-infection hearing levels after controlling for the effect of age and (b) to identify risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, and smoking, which increase the likelihood of hearing loss in COVID-19 patients. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed hearing thresholds in unvaccinated patient's pre- and post-COVID-19 infection. Thresholds were controlled for age and the duration between the pre- and post-COVID-19 hearing evaluations. Correlations between additional COVID-19-related symptoms, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking and hearing threshold changes were analyzed. Results: A significant (but not clinical) threshold elevation was found post-COVID-19 infection. However, on controlling for age and the duration between the pre- and post-COVID-19 hearing evaluations, no significant threshold elevation was found. No significant correlation was found between hearing threshold changes and additional COVID-19-related symptoms, hypertension, diabetes, or smoking. Conclusion: COVID-19 did not lead to a significant hearing threshold elevation in our cohort, even among patients with additional COVID-19 symptoms, hypertension, or diabetes mellitus or among those who smoked. Level of Evidence: 3. nonrandomized controlled cohort, follow-up study Laryngoscope, 133:1976–1981, 2023.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Hearing thresholds
KW - Sensorineural hearing loss
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U2 - 10.1002/lary.30400
DO - 10.1002/lary.30400
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C2 - 36189952
AN - SCOPUS:85139246284
SN - 0023-852X
VL - 133
SP - 1976
EP - 1981
JO - Laryngoscope
JF - Laryngoscope
IS - 8
ER -