Abstract
Background: Various case reports have described sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in patients with the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2). Our aim was to determine the incidence of COVID-19 in patients with SSNHL. Methods: All consecutive patients with audiometric confirmed SSNHL between November 2020 and March 2021 in a Dutch large inner city teaching hospital were included. All patients were tested for COVID-19 by polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) and awaited the results in quarantine. Results: Out of 25 patients, zero (0%) tested positive for COVID-19. Two patients had previously tested positive for COVID-19: at three and eight months prior to the onset of hearing loss. Conclusions: This is the largest series to date investigating COVID-19 in SSNHL patients. In this series there is no apparent relationship between SSNHL and COVID-19.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 170-173 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Otology and Neurotology |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, Otology & Neurotology, Inc.
Keywords
- Corona
- COVID-19
- Deafness
- Hearing-SARS-CoV-2
- Sensorineural
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- Virus