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

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Journal: Otology & neurotology : official publication of th
[저자] L Bengt van Rijssen, Wynia Derks, Ruth Hoffmans, Marjolein A van Looij, J Peter van Maanen, Hester S van Monsjou, Heike J Nyst, Peter M van Rijn, Lenka Vermeeren, Nico de Vries, Madeline J Ravesloot
[Category] COVID19(2023년),
Pubmed URL    [DOI] 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003438    
[Article Type] Comment
[Source] pubmed

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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