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To this day, the pandemic continues to affect our physical and emotional health in different ways. While the virus COVID-19 It is also associated with a number of long-term complications such as lung damage, heart damage, and neurological disorders.
Recently, quoted from the Times of India, Monday (27/9/2021), the COVID-19 virus can also cause hearing loss.
According to the International Journal of Audiology, 7 to 15 percent of adults with COVID-19 report audio-vestibular symptoms. The most common symptom is tinnitus or ringing in the ears accompanied by hearing disorders and vertigo.
Research conducted by scientists at the University of Manchester and the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Center (BRC) revealed that hearing loss is linked to COVID-19 infection.
Meanwhile, in a recent study conducted by researchers from the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital and University College London in the UK, it is evident that COVID-19 can affect the hearing of a number of patients.
Tinnitus
Tinnitus or ringing in the ears affects nearly seventeen percent of all adults. Some people diagnosed with tinnitus have hearing loss which suggests that there is a close relationship between the two.
Furthermore, research shows that tinnitus is one of the most common long-covid symptoms that can last months after COVID infection. Triggers are psychological or emotional conditions, especially factors such as poor sleep quality, loneliness, depression, and anxiety.
A number of studies have also found that the symptoms of patients with pre-existing tinnitus got worse during the pandemic, regardless of whether they had COVID-19 or not.
There are several characteristics of COVID-19 symptoms that are detected in the ears such as throbbing, ringing, and hissing.
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