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Sudden sensorineural hearing loss and coronavirus disease 2019

Part of: JLO Coronavirus Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2022

C Pool Open the ORCID record for C Pool [Opens in a new window] ,
T S King ,
S Pradhan  and
H Isildak
C Pool
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
T S King
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatisitics and Bioinformatics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
S Pradhan
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatisitics and Bioinformatics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
H Isildak*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, New York, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Huseyin Isildak, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, New York, USA E-mail: huseyin.isildak@stonybrookmedicine.edu
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Abstract

Objective

To determine if otolaryngologists and audiologists of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery have noticed an increase in the incidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Methods

A questionnaire was developed for the purpose of providing a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of perceived association between the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and an increase in the incidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Results

Of respondents, 63.0 per cent did not notice an increase in sudden sensorineural hearing loss during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. There was a weak positive correlation between patients identified with sudden sensorineural hearing loss and the percentage of coronavirus disease 2019 positive patients reported by each medical care provider (Spearman correlation = 0.20, 95 per cent confidence interval = 0.05–0.33). There was no association between geographical location and perceived increase in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (p = 0.38).

Conclusion

The majority of respondents did not perceive an increase in the incidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss during the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of geographical region.

Keywords

COVID-19CoronavirusHearing LossSudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Type
Main Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 136 , Issue 9 , September 2022 , pp. 823 - 826
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of J.L.O. (1984) LIMITED

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Footnotes

Dr H Isildak takes responsibility for the integrity of the content of the paper

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