Post-COVID-19 Impairment of the Senses of Smell, Taste, Hearing, and Balance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various symptoms have been associated with COVID-19, but little is known about the impacts of COVID-19 on the sensory system, risk factors, and the duration of symptoms. This study assesses olfactory, gustatory, hearing, and vestibular systems after COVID-19.

Methods

This cross-sectional, single-center study involved 50 patients one to six months after COVID-19 and reports their patient records and the extent, onset, and duration of olfactory, gustatory, hearing, and balance disorders using questionnaires during and after COVID-19. Sensory symptoms were objectively studied using the following clinical tests after COVID-19 Sniffin' Sticks, taste tests, tone/speech audiometry, and video head impulse test.

Results

Post-COVID-19-patients were suffering from olf

SUBMITTER: Ludwig S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9145380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature