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Vertigo symptom scores and videonystagmographic examinations in recovered coronavirus disease 2019 patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2023

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S Uşaklıoğlu
E Cekic*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Health Science University, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
S Uşaklıoğlu
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Health Science University, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Author for correspondence: Dr E Cekic, Department of Otolaryngology, Health Science University, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Uğur Mumcu Mah, Belediye Sk. No. 7, Sultangazi, Istanbul 34265, Turkey E-mail: erdinc82@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objective

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) may be among the viral agents that affect the audio-vestibular system. This study aimed to investigate vestibular symptoms and videonystagmographic examinations in recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients compared with the control group.

Method

The patients were evaluated with Vertigo Symptom Scale questionnaire and audiometric, tympanometric, stapedial reflex and videonystagmographic examinations.

Results

A total of 92 of the patients in the coronavirus disease 2019 patients group and 25 of the volunteers in the control group were included in the study. The mean Vertigo Symptom Scale score was found to be significantly higher (p < 0.001) in the coronavirus disease 2019 group. Furthermore, one of the hospitalised patients was diagnosed with vestibular neuritis.

Conclusion

The vestibular system may also be affected in some coronavirus disease 2019 patients. Although this may be seen as dizziness in some patients, in rare cases it can cause severe issues, such as vestibular neuritis.

Keywords

VertigoCoronavirusHearing LossTinnitusInfectious Disease
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Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 137 , Issue 8 , August 2023 , pp. 873 - 882
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of J.L.O. (1984) LIMITED

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