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Case Reports
. 2021 May-Jun;42(3):102910.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.102910. Epub 2021 Jan 22.

Cochlear implant failure following COVID 19: Report of two cases

Nader Saki  1 , Majid Karimi  2 , Arash Bayat  3
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Case Reports

Cochlear implant failure following COVID 19: Report of two cases

Nader Saki et al. Am J Otolaryngol. 2021 May-Jun.

Abstract

Background: Hearing loss is a relatively newly reported symptom of novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19). Cochlear implant is an effective therapeutic method for patients with severe to profound hearing loss.

Case report: We describe two cochlear implanted children with the sole presenting symptom of a sudden speech perception problem. They not suspected to have COVID-19 until they showed respiratory symptoms on the first week of admission.

Conclusion: The current report indicates the importance of COVID-19 screening in hearing impaired patients (including cochlear implanted recipients) presented with sudden or gradual deterioration of speech intelligibility during the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Children; Cochlear implant; Hearing loss.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1
Cochlear implant electrode's map at different time points. a) Map at four-month before COVID-19; b) map at one-month before COVID-19; c) first map after COVID-19; d) map at two-month after COVID-19.
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