Is COVID-19 to Blame for Sensorineural Hearing Deterioration? A Pre/Post COVID-19 Hearing Evaluation Study

Riki Taitelbaum-Swead, Adi Pinhas, Shiraz Cohen Tsemah, Hagar Wechsler, Shai Chordekar

פרסום מחקרי: פרסום בכתב עתמאמרביקורת עמיתים

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תקציר

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.

שפה מקוריתאנגלית
עמודים (מ-עד)1976-1981
מספר עמודים6
כתב עתLaryngoscope
כרך133
מספר גיליון8
מזהי עצם דיגיטלי (DOIs)
סטטוס פרסוםפורסם - אוג׳ 2023

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