Insights into perceived listening difficulties post COVID-19 infection : no measurable hearing difficulty on clinical tests despite increased self-reported listening effort
Copyright © 2023 Alhanbali, Alkharabshe, Alanati, Joudeh and Munro..
Objective: The aim was to use a battery of clinic-based auditory assessment procedures to compare participants with and without self-reported hearing difficulties following a confirmed COVID-19 infection. A further aim was to compare the groups on self-reported measures of listening effort and fatigue.
Methods: There were 25 participants in each group (age range 20-59 years, 80% females). Participants were recruited after a minimum of 4 weeks of testing positive. Hearing assessment involved tympanometry, acoustic reflex thresholds, pure-tone audiometry (PTA; 0.25-14 kHz), and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs; 0.5-10 kHz). Listening effort was assessed using the Arabic version of the Effort Assessment Scale (EAS-A) and fatigue was assessed using the Arabic version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS-A).
Results: There was no difference between groups on any measure except for greater self-reported listening effort in the perceived hearing difficulty group (p = 0.01).
Conclusion: The only difference between groups was self-reported listening effort. This could be due to a subclinical auditory deficit following COVID-19, increased listening effort due to the impact of COVID-19 on cognitive processes, or a psychosomatic response/health anxiety.
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2023 |
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2023 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14 |
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Frontiers in neurology - 14(2023) vom: 27., Seite 1172441 |
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Englisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Alhanbali, Sara [VerfasserIn] |
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COVID-19 |
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Date Revised 06.06.2023 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.3389/fneur.2023.1172441 |
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| 520 | |a Objective: The aim was to use a battery of clinic-based auditory assessment procedures to compare participants with and without self-reported hearing difficulties following a confirmed COVID-19 infection. A further aim was to compare the groups on self-reported measures of listening effort and fatigue | ||
| 520 | |a Methods: There were 25 participants in each group (age range 20-59 years, 80% females). Participants were recruited after a minimum of 4 weeks of testing positive. Hearing assessment involved tympanometry, acoustic reflex thresholds, pure-tone audiometry (PTA; 0.25-14 kHz), and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs; 0.5-10 kHz). Listening effort was assessed using the Arabic version of the Effort Assessment Scale (EAS-A) and fatigue was assessed using the Arabic version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS-A) | ||
| 520 | |a Results: There was no difference between groups on any measure except for greater self-reported listening effort in the perceived hearing difficulty group (p = 0.01) | ||
| 520 | |a Conclusion: The only difference between groups was self-reported listening effort. This could be due to a subclinical auditory deficit following COVID-19, increased listening effort due to the impact of COVID-19 on cognitive processes, or a psychosomatic response/health anxiety | ||
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