Covid Ear: Virus Implicated
Covid and the Ears
COVID
Hearing loss due to prior Covid infection.
COVID-19 linked to sudden hearing loss in woman: A case report
“Gibson developed acute hearing loss in one ear, along with vertigo and tinnitus, several weeks after experiencing a mild COVID-19 infection in 2022.”
COVID-19 linked to sudden hearing loss in woman: A case report
Ear infections and COVID: The link, symptoms, and treatments
"2021 study found that SARS-CoV-2 may directly cause infection to the inner ear, the part of the ear that plays an important role in balance...a 2021 meta-analysis supports the idea that ear symptoms are fairly common among people with COVID-19."
Covid ear: Here’s how the virus can affect your hearing
From 2022 "Explaining Covid ear, Dr Jha said, 'As per researchers, the inner tissue of the human ear contains proteins that are susceptible to attack by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Thus, our ear may also show signs in the form of loss of balance or tinnitus.'”
How COVID-19 Can Attack the Inner Ear
From 2021:
“This article provides very compelling evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infects the inner ear, and may be causally related to the hearing and balance symptoms in a number of patients with COVID-19 infection,”
Why COVID-19 Can Affect the Inner Ear and What that Means for People with Long COVID
Hearing loss and COVID-19: an umbrella review
"Hearing loss and COVID-19: an umbrella review"
Nurse sounds a warning on hearing loss for COVID-19 patients
"registered nurse with a clinical background in neonatal intensive care, has documented her experience with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) five weeks after testing positive to COVID-19. She was fully vaccinated."
Sudden irreversible hearing loss post COVID-19
Sudden irreversible hearing loss post COVID-19
Dr Ben King 🌏 on Twitter
"The daughter of a friend has Covid and has experienced sudden hearing loss (and extreme pain inside their ears) overnight. This virus should not be allowed to spread freely amongst our population."
The hidden Covid 'symptom' only YOU can hear - and it affects 1 in 6 patients
"A more recent study suggested that tinnitus is a problem for more than a third of people who have long Covid.
The research, by King’s College London, was based on questioning thousands of people from 56 countries."
Could Tinnitus Also Be a Symptom of COVID-19? Here's What We Know
“It is possible, although too early to understand fully, that COVID-19 is creating changes to the inner ear, auditory nerve, or auditory cortex in the brain that would be contributing to the tinnitus,”
Can COVID-19 Cause Tinnitus?
Study conducted by The University of Manchester published in the International Journal of Audiology: "scientists estimated that 7.6% of people infected with COVID-19 experienced hearing loss, 14.8% suffered from tinnitus and 7.2% reported vertigo."
laurie allee on Twitter
"SARS-CoV-2 virus interacts with inner ear cells like hair cells, nerve fibers, supporting cells and neuron insulators known as Schwann cells ... SARS-CoV-2 virus is capable of infecting the hair cells of the inner ear, as well as the Schwann cells."
Can COVID-19 Cause Hearing Loss?
“Once it gains entry to the ear, the virus can actively infect both the cochlear (hearing) and vestibular (balance) hair cells, potentially causing:
Sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear or the nerve from the ear to the brain. This type of hearing loss is permanent. Vestibular dysfunction: Problems with balance. In addition, COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease. It can affect almost all of the major organ systems in the body, including the vascular system. "
Once it gains entry to the ear, the virus can actively infect both the cochlear (hearing) and vestibular (balance) hair cells, potentially causing:
Sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear or the nerve from the ear to the brain. This type of hearing loss is permanent.
Vestibular dysfunction: Problems with balance.
In addition, COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease. It can affect almost all of the major organ systems in the body, including the vascular system.
COVID-19 can infect the inner ear
"...recommends hearing tests be routine for anyone diagnosed with COVID-19...new-onset hearing loss, tinnitus, or vertigo, and has had any exposure to the virus, they should be tested and monitored for worsening symptoms by their health care provider."
Our study showed evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 can directly infect the inner ear,"
COVID-19-related sudden sensorineural hearing loss
"Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) can be a feature of COVID-19. It may present alone or with other symptoms of the disease."
SARS-CoV-2 infection of the inner ear
SARS-CoV-2 infection of the inner ear
SARS-CoV-2 can infect inner ear cells, specifically hair cells and Schwann cells, which are crucial for hearing and balance.
Some COVID-19 patients developed hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo, suggesting a link between the virus and these symptoms.