Sudden sensorineural hearing loss and COVID-19: (commentary on "Could sudden sensorineural hearing loss be the sole manifestation of COVID-19? An investigation into SARS-COV-2 in the etiology of sudden sensorineural hearing loss" by Osman Kilic, Mahmut Tayyar Kalcioglu, Yasemin Cag, Ozan Tuysuz, Emel Pektas, Hulya Caskurlu, and Ferihan Cetın)

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: dr.dlp@hotmail.it.
² Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
³ Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Department of Sense Organs, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
⁵ ENT Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
⁶ Audiology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Regional Centre for Cochlear Implants and ENT Diseases, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.

Comment

Pietro De Luca et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec:101:201-202.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1467. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

¹ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: dr.dlp@hotmail.it.
² Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
³ Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Department of Sense Organs, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
⁵ ENT Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
⁶ Audiology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Regional Centre for Cochlear Implants and ENT Diseases, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; PCR; Pandemic; Sudden deafness; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Comment in

Can COVID-19 cause sudden sensorineural hearing loss?
Kalcioglu MT, Cag Y, Kilic O, Tuysuz O. Kalcioglu MT, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;101:205. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1468. Epub 2020 Sep 29. Int J Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 33007451 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Could sudden sensorineural hearing loss be the sole manifestation of COVID-19? An investigation into SARS-COV-2 in the etiology of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
Kilic O, Kalcioglu MT, Cag Y, Tuysuz O, Pektas E, Caskurlu H, Cetın F. Kilic O, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Aug;97:208-211. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.023. Epub 2020 Jun 12. Int J Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32535294 Free PMC article.

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