Post-COVID-19 impairment of the senses of smell, taste, hearing, and balance

• Verfasst von: Ludwig, Sonja [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schell, Angela [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Berkemann, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Jungbauer, Frederic [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Zaubitzer, Lena [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Huber, Lena [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Warken, Christian [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Held, Valentin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kusnik, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Teufel, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ebert, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Rotter, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Post-COVID-19 impairment of the senses of smell, taste, hearing, and balance
• Verf.angabe: Sonja Ludwig, Angela Schell, Michelle Berkemann, Frederic Jungbauer, Lena Zaubitzer, Lena Huber, Christian Warken, Valentin Held, Alexander Kusnik, Andreas Teufel, Matthias Ebert, and Nicole Rotter
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: 20 April 2022
• Umfang: 14 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 08.07.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Viruses
• Ort Quelle: Basel : MDPI, 2009
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 14(2022), 5, Artikel-ID 849, Seite 1-14
• ISSN Quelle: 1999-4915
• DOI: doi:10.3390/v14050849
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: COVID-19
• Sach-SW: neurological disorders
• Sach-SW: SARS-CoV-2
• Sach-SW: sensory system
• K10plus-PPN: 1809472377
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Background: Various symptoms have been associated with COVID-19, but little is known about the impacts of COVID-19 on the sensory system, risk factors, and the duration of symptoms. This study assesses olfactory, gustatory, hearing, and vestibular systems after COVID-19. Methods: This cross-sectional, single-center study involved 50 patients one to six months after COVID-19 and reports their patient records and the extent, onset, and duration of olfactory, gustatory, hearing, and balance disorders using questionnaires during and after COVID-19. Sensory symptoms were objectively studied using the following clinical tests after COVID-19 Sniffin’ Sticks, taste tests, tone/speech audiometry, and video head impulse test. Results: Post-COVID-19-patients were suffering from olfactory and gustatory impairment for up to six months. According to the Dizziness Handicap Inventory, balance disorders were less noticed: Overall, about 40% of the patients during COVID-19 and nearly all patients recovered within six months. After COVID-19, clinical tests revealed that 75% were suffering from hyposomnia/anosmia, and 20% of all patients reported mild hypogeusia for up to six months. Vestibular disorders and hearing impairment rarely/did not occur. Females were significantly more affected by sensory impairments than males. Conclusions: COVID-19 particularly caused olfactory and gustatory impairment; balance disorders were present too; vestibular and auditory symptoms were negligible.