Dharmarajan Sandhya, Bharathi M B, Sivapuram Kavya, Prakash B G, Madhan Sriram, Madhu Ashima, Devi G Nivetha, Aliya Shaik Ayesha, Ramya S B
Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSSAHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570004 India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Dec;73(4):494-498. doi: 10.1007/s12070-021-02581-1. Epub 2021 May 10.
The symptomatology of novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus type 2 infection runs the entire gamut of mild to moderate and serious illness among the affected individuals. As listed in recent literature, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, olfactory and gustatory systems are commonly involved. With the growing knowledge about the disease, varied manifestations have been identified and lately, otorhinolaryngology dysfunctions in COVID 19 have been described. Hearing loss in COVID era is one of the emerging areas of concern and calls for further research in the field for the better understanding and treatment of this entity. This study was designed to assess the audiological profile among 100 mild to moderately affected COVID-19 individuals, so as to make a contribution to the emerging literature on otologic manifestations in COVID 19. In our case series, high frequency hearing loss and referred OAE was noted among significant number of COVID 19 positive patients. This was even observed in patients without any otologic symptoms. Hence, early identification and intervention if required helps to give a better quality of life to the patient.
新型严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2型感染的症状在受影响个体中涵盖了从轻度到中度以及严重疾病的整个范围。如近期文献中所列出的，呼吸、心血管、胃肠道、嗅觉和味觉系统通常会受到影响。随着对该疾病的了解不断增加，已发现了各种表现，最近，还描述了COVID-19中的耳鼻喉科功能障碍。COVID时代的听力损失是一个新出现的令人关注的领域，需要在该领域进行进一步研究，以更好地理解和治疗这一病症。本研究旨在评估100名轻度至中度受影响的COVID-19个体的听力状况，以便为有关COVID-19耳科表现的新文献做出贡献。在我们的病例系列中，大量COVID-19阳性患者出现了高频听力损失和引出的耳声发射。在没有任何耳科症状的患者中也观察到了这一情况。因此，早期识别并在需要时进行干预有助于为患者提供更好的生活质量。
