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Titre : | Persistent self-reported changes in hearing and tinnitus in post-hospitalisation COVID-19 cases (2020) |
Auteurs : | Kevin J. Munro ; Kai Uus ; Ibrahim Almufarrij |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | International Journal of Audiology IJA (Vol. 59, n°12, Décembre 2020) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 889-890 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci COVID-19 ; Déficience auditive |
Résumé : |
Dear Editor
While the pace of research on the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has been impressively rapid, there remains a lot we still do not know about the pathogen. One of those unknowns is the potential long-term health implications for people who have had the disease. For example, sequelae of coronavirus can cause prolonged or perhaps permanent anosmia (loss of sense of smell; Hopkins et al. 2020). There may also be long-term health consequences for a variety of organs beyond the respiratory system. And there may be implications for health disciplines that are seemingly unrelated to COVID-19 (Munro 2020). It is well known that viruses such as measles, mumps and meningitis can cause hearing loss. Also, auditory neuropathy has been linked with Guillain-Barré syndrome, the latter having a known association with coronavirus (Sedaghat and Karimi 2020). There are unsubstantiated and anecdotal cases of COVID-19 and hearing loss reported in national newspapers (https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1259453/coronavirus-update-news-symptoms-hearing-loss). We published a rapid systematic review of coronavirus and the audio-vestibular system (Almufarrij et al. 2020). The quantity of evidence was low (five case reports and two cross-sectional studies), not unexpected for a virus that was unknown six months ago. The audio-vestibular symptoms were diverse and include hearing loss (conductive and sensorineural), tinnitus, rotatory vertigo, otitis externa and undefined ear pain. The quality of the evidence was rated as fair or poor due to limited information in the short case reports and potential weaknesses in methodology. For example, Mustafa (2020) compared asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 cases with a control group with gold standard pure tone hearing thresholds ≤15 dB hearing level. However, the mean threshold in adults is ≥15 dB in 1830 year olds at 6 kHz, in 3140 year olds at 6 and 8 kHz, and 4150 year old at 3, 4, 6 and 8 kHz (Davis, 1995). Since publishing our review, we have had the opportunity to question adults, with confirmed SARS-CoV-2, about their hearing. |
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