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Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: Audiometric Findings in Patients with Audiological Symptoms

Since the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, the possibility of audiological involvement by this virus has been speculated without being able to generate a true cause–effect relationship. The objective of this observational, descriptive cross-sectional study is to describe the audiometric findings of post-COVID-...

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Autores principales: Ríos Coronado, Oscar O., Igual Félix, Claudia A., Paz Flores, Gabriel, De Alba Márquez, Magdicarla E., Cárdenas Contreras, Cynthia R., González Díaz, Esteban, Sedano Paz, Ana I., González-Lucano, Luis R.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10488264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37681837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20176697
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author Ríos Coronado, Oscar O.
Igual Félix, Claudia A.
Paz Flores, Gabriel
De Alba Márquez, Magdicarla E.
Cárdenas Contreras, Cynthia R.
González Díaz, Esteban
Sedano Paz, Ana I.
González-Lucano, Luis R.
author_facet Ríos Coronado, Oscar O.
Igual Félix, Claudia A.
Paz Flores, Gabriel
De Alba Márquez, Magdicarla E.
Cárdenas Contreras, Cynthia R.
González Díaz, Esteban
Sedano Paz, Ana I.
González-Lucano, Luis R.
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description Since the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, the possibility of audiological involvement by this virus has been speculated without being able to generate a true cause–effect relationship. The objective of this observational, descriptive cross-sectional study is to describe the audiometric findings of post-COVID-19 patients with audiological symptoms. A sample of 47 patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection was included: The age range was between 18 and 50 years old, the mean age was 37.0 years with a standard deviation of ±8.3 years, and 32 patients (68.1%) were female and 15 male patients (31.9%). Patients were recruited by the Otolaryngology service at Civil Fray Antonio Mayor Hospital from September 2020 to December 2022. Tonal audiometry was performed in a window of no more than 3 months from the onset of symptoms. The Chi-square test was used and odds ratios (OR) were established to associate the variables of post-COVID-19 audiological symptoms and the prevalence of hearing loss. A 95% confidence interval (CI) and statistical significance were considered of p ≤ 0.05. The audiological symptoms presented a prevalence of 74.4% for a sensation of ear fullness, 59.6% for tinnitus, and 51.1% for a sensation of hearing loss.
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spelling pubmed-104882642023-09-09 Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: Audiometric Findings in Patients with Audiological Symptoms Ríos Coronado, Oscar O. Igual Félix, Claudia A. Paz Flores, Gabriel De Alba Márquez, Magdicarla E. Cárdenas Contreras, Cynthia R. González Díaz, Esteban Sedano Paz, Ana I. González-Lucano, Luis R. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Since the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, the possibility of audiological involvement by this virus has been speculated without being able to generate a true cause–effect relationship. The objective of this observational, descriptive cross-sectional study is to describe the audiometric findings of post-COVID-19 patients with audiological symptoms. A sample of 47 patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection was included: The age range was between 18 and 50 years old, the mean age was 37.0 years with a standard deviation of ±8.3 years, and 32 patients (68.1%) were female and 15 male patients (31.9%). Patients were recruited by the Otolaryngology service at Civil Fray Antonio Mayor Hospital from September 2020 to December 2022. Tonal audiometry was performed in a window of no more than 3 months from the onset of symptoms. The Chi-square test was used and odds ratios (OR) were established to associate the variables of post-COVID-19 audiological symptoms and the prevalence of hearing loss. A 95% confidence interval (CI) and statistical significance were considered of p ≤ 0.05. The audiological symptoms presented a prevalence of 74.4% for a sensation of ear fullness, 59.6% for tinnitus, and 51.1% for a sensation of hearing loss. MDPI 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10488264/ /pubmed/37681837 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20176697 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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González Díaz, Esteban
Sedano Paz, Ana I.
González-Lucano, Luis R.
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