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. 2022 Apr 1;148(4):373-375.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.4105.

Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ilana Doweck  1   2 , Yoav Yanir  1   2 , Ronza Najjar-Debbiny  3 , Rana Shibli  4 , Walid Saliba  2   4
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Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ilana Doweck et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .

Abstract

This cohort study compares the incidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss during the COVID-19 pandemic with that during 2018 and 2019 and assesses the association of lockdowns during the pandemic with sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Figures

Figure.
Figure.. Weekly Distributions of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) Cases and Emergency Department (ED) and Physician Visits Among Adults From March 1 Through December 19, 2020, Compared With the Same Period in 2018 and 2019 in Israel
The 2020 interval corresponds to the period of the COVID-19 pandemic before the introduction of the vaccine in Israel.
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