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Covid-19 creates hearing, balance disorders, worsens tinnitus: Study
After loss of taste, respiratory distress, researchers have found evidence that Covid-19 also leads to hearing and balance disorders, as well as aggravating tinnitus symptoms. The factors that may play a role in the relationship between Covid-19 and hearing are multifold. Covid-19 is known to have inflammatory effects, including in neurological tissue, which can exacerbate other problems, said Colleen Le Prell, from the University of Texas at Dallas. Inflammation can damage the auditory and vestibular pathways in the peripheral and central nervous system, just as it damages smell and taste pathways, and other neural systems, Le Prell said.
Covid-19 Causes Ear Problems
Covid-19 not only causes loss of taste and smell, respiratory distress, but also leads to hearing and balance disorders. Also, aggravates tinnitus symptoms, reveals a new study.
The factors that may play a role in the relationship between Covid-19 and hearing are multifold. Covid-19 is known to have inflammatory effects, including in neurological tissue, which can exacerbate other problems, said Colleen Le Prell, from the University of Texas at Dallas. Inflammation can damage the auditory and vestibular pathways in the peripheral and central nervous system, just as it damages smell and taste pathways, and other neural systems, Le Prell said.
Auditory (hearing) health risk is highest among children, teenagers, young adults using personal audio systems (headphones and earbuds) for more than an hour a day at more than 50% volume over a five-year period.
After loss of taste, respiratory distress, researchers have found evidence that Covid-19 also leads to hearing and balance disorders, as well as aggravating tinnitus symptoms.The factors that may play a role in the relationship between Covid-19 .
Experts call for new standards to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in younger generations
As more and more people are taking advantage of music on the go, personal audio systems are pumping up the volume to the detriment of the listener s hearing. Children, teenagers, and young adults are listening to many hours of music daily at volumes exceeding the globally recommended public health limit of 70 decibels of average leisure noise exposure for a day for a year.
During the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which will be held virtually June 8-10, Daniel Fink, from The Quiet Coalition, and audiologist Jan Mayes will talk about the current research into personal audio system usage and the need for public health hearing conservation policies. Their session, Personal audio system use can harm auditory health, will take place Thursday, June 10, at 11:35 a.m. Eastern U.S.