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Ear Nose Throat J
. 2021 Jul 5;1455613211028094.
doi: 10.1177/01455613211028094. Online ahead of print.
Simultaneous Sudden Hearing Loss and Peripheral Facial Paralysis in a Patient With Covid-19
Fulya Ozer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ozlem Alkan[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Although peripheral facial paralysis and sudden sensorineural hearing loss are not as common as anosmia, they are reported neurological manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We present a 62-year-old, serologically COVID-19 positive woman with seventh and eighth nerve involvement showed electrophysiologically with Auditory Brainstem Response and electroneurography and radiologically with internal acoustic canal magnetic resonance imaging. This single case report suggests a possible association between the SARS-CoV-2 infection with simultaneous sudden sensorineural hearing loss and isolated facial paralysis. However, further studies are needed to determine whether this relationship is coincidental or occasional.
Keywords: ABR; COVID-19; ENoG; peripheral facial paralysis; sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
. 2021 Jul 5;1455613211028094.
doi: 10.1177/01455613211028094. Online ahead of print.
Simultaneous Sudden Hearing Loss and Peripheral Facial Paralysis in a Patient With Covid-19
Fulya Ozer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ozlem Alkan[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34219500
- DOI: 10.1177/01455613211028094
Abstract
Although peripheral facial paralysis and sudden sensorineural hearing loss are not as common as anosmia, they are reported neurological manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We present a 62-year-old, serologically COVID-19 positive woman with seventh and eighth nerve involvement showed electrophysiologically with Auditory Brainstem Response and electroneurography and radiologically with internal acoustic canal magnetic resonance imaging. This single case report suggests a possible association between the SARS-CoV-2 infection with simultaneous sudden sensorineural hearing loss and isolated facial paralysis. However, further studies are needed to determine whether this relationship is coincidental or occasional.
Keywords: ABR; COVID-19; ENoG; peripheral facial paralysis; sudden sensorineural hearing loss.