Tinnitus and COVID-19: effect of infection, vaccination, and the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began worldwide around March 2020, has had an impact on hearing health, specifically tinnitus and hearing loss. Physiologically, COVID-19 infection, or medication used to treat the infection, has been reported to be a potential risk factor for tinnitus onset. In addition, tinnitus was reported to be a long COVID symptom or to occur after a COVID-19 vaccination in some cases. With most reports focused on the clinical population, this study aimed to investigate how the onset of tinnitus is associated with COVID-19 infection, long COVID, and COVID-19 vaccination in the general population based on self-report, while accounting for otologic and psychological symptoms.

Methods

In this study, a cross-sectional online survey that included ge

SUBMITTER: Tai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11629081 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature