One year on : an updated systematic review of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and audio-vestibular symptoms

OBJECTIVE: The aim was to systematically review the literature to December 2020, in order to provide a timely summary of evidence on SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and audio-vestibular symptoms.

DESIGN: The protocol was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews. The methods were developed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. Risk of bias was assessed using the National Institutes of Heath quality assessment tools.

STUDY SAMPLE: After rejecting 850 records, 28 case reports/series and 28 cross-sectional studies met the inclusion criteria.

RESULTS: There are multiple reports of hearing loss (e.g. sudden sensorineural), tinnitus and rotatory vertigo in adults having a wide range of COVID-19 symptom severity. The pooled estimate of prevalence based primarily on retrospective recall of symptoms, was 7.6% (CI: 2.5-15.1), 14.8% (CI: 6.3-26.1) and 7.2% (CI: 0.01-26.4), for hearing loss, tinnitus and rotatory vertigo, respectively. However, these could be an over-estimate because it was not always clear that studies report a change in symptom.

CONCLUSION: There are multiple reports of audio-vestibular symptoms associated with COVID-19. However, there is a dearth of high-quality studies comparing COVID-19 cases and controls.

REVIEW REGISTRATION: Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO); registration number CRD42020227038).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Otol Neurotol. 2022 Feb 1;43(2):170-173. - PMID 34889826

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

International journal of audiology - 60(2021), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 935-945

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Almufarrij, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Munro, Kevin J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus
Covid-19
Hearing loss
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Systematic Review
Tinnitus
Vertigo

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.11.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Otol Neurotol. 2022 Feb 1;43(2):170-173. - PMID 34889826

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14992027.2021.1896793

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323066038