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. 2022 Feb 1;43(2):170-173.
doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003438.

No COVID-19 in Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL)

L Bengt van Rijssen  1 , Wynia Derks  1 , Ruth Hoffmans  1 , Marjolein A van Looij  1 , J Peter van Maanen  1 , Hester S van Monsjou  1 , Heike J Nyst  1 , Peter M van Rijn  1 , Lenka Vermeeren  1 , Nico de Vries  1   2   3 , Madeline J Ravesloot  1
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No COVID-19 in Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL)

L Bengt van Rijssen et al. Otol Neurotol. .

Abstract

Background: Various case reports have described sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in patients with the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Our aim was to determine the incidence of COVID-19 in patients with SSNHL.

Methods: All consecutive patients with audiometric confirmed SSNHL between November 2020 and March 2021 in a Dutch large inner city teaching hospital were included. All patients were tested for COVID-19 by polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) and awaited the results in quarantine.

Results: Out of 25 patients, zero (0%) tested positive for COVID-19. Two patients had previously tested positive for COVID-19: at three and eight months prior to the onset of hearing loss.

Conclusions: This is the largest series to date investigating COVID-19 in SSNHL patients. In this series there is no apparent relationship between SSNHL and COVID-19.

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