Common and uncommon audio-vestibular findings in COVID-19 patients

Author:

Nada Ebtessam HamedORCID,El-Gharib Amani Mohamed,Mandour Mahmoud

Abstract

Abstract Background COVID-19 is the new version of the old coronavirus known since 1960, which caused the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) in 2012 and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003. Symptoms included fever and cough, diarrhea and vomiting, and neurological symptoms like anosmia. Methods One hundred twenty-eight patients diagnosed as COVID-19 with audio-vestibular complaints were subjected to audio-vestibular assessment and were included in the study. Results In our study on COVID-19 patients who reported audio-vestibular complaints, hearing loss was found in 43.8% of patients in comparison to vertigo that represented 40.6% of cases. The most common type was sensorineural hearing loss representing 29.7% of patients and which was unilateral and sudden in 35.7% of them. Less commonly conductive hearing loss (CHL) was found in 14.1% of cases the most common form was bilateral mild to moderate CHL (83.3%) due to bilateral middle ear effusion. Among cases with vertigo, the most common etiology was benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) (42.5%) then uncompensated vestibular neuritis (VN) (31.5%), and lastly, combined BPPV with VN (25%) of cases. Less frequently we found tinnitus in (13.3%) which was bilateral in (64.7%), labyrinthitis (5.5%), and acute VN 5.5%). The significant increase in the number of audiovestibular complaining cases that were observed in the course of the recurrent waves’ peaks pushed us to study the relationship between the pandemic and the audiovestibular system. The effect of COVID on AV systems is well noticed and management would be mandatory.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Otorhinolaryngology,General Medicine

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