HEARING LOSS IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19

dc.contributor.author Dilek TOPRAK
dc.contributor.author Gökmen ÖZCEYLAN
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-25T12:21:37Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-25T12:21:37Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp Okan Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Aile Hekimliği, İstanbul, Türkiye Tekirdağ Doktor İsmail Fehmi Cumalıoğlu Şehir Hastanesi, Aile Hekimliği, Tekirdağ, Türkiye en_US
dc.description.abstract Objective Worldwide, scientists continue to follow-up on patients recovered from COVID-19 and have published the long-term persistent symptoms and permanent damage observed in various tissues. The present study aimed to evaluate hearing loss in patients with COVID-19 on the basis of pure tone averages measured using pure tone audiometry. Material and Method In this retrospective data analysis study, pure tone averages of non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 were compared over 1 year before and after contracting COVID-19. Continuous variables were presented as mean ± Standard deviation (SD) and categorical variables were presented as number (n) and percentage (%). All data showed normal distribution. Therefore, paired t-test, a type of parametric test, was used to identify the significant differences between the measurements. Results The pure tone threshold values of patients increased significantly after COVID-19 (p0.001 for all) based on puretone averages measured in the bones and airways of theleftandrightears. Olderadults (41–64 yearsold) had a greater difference in puretone averages of the left ear airway before and after COVID-19 (p=0.040) than younger adults (18–40 yearsold). Conclusion COVID-19 affects both ears' bones and airways, causing varying degrees of hearing loss at different frequencies. Hearing loss tests should be included in COVID-19 complications research, and clinicians should be given advice on how to avoid hearing loss. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 0
dc.identifier.doi 10.17343/sdutfd.1070586
dc.identifier.endpage 312 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1300-7416
dc.identifier.issn 2602-2109
dc.identifier.issue 3 en_US
dc.identifier.startpage 306 en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid 1128306
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.1070586
dc.identifier.uri https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1128306/hearing-loss-in-patients-with-covid-19
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/2041
dc.identifier.volume 29 en_US
dc.language.iso en
dc.relation.ispartof Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Diğer en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.title HEARING LOSS IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 en_US
dc.type Article en_US

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