受到COVID-19影响的巴西成年人的听觉和垂体发现:一项探索性研究
Patrícia Arruda de Souza Alcarás1, Maria Cristina Alves Corazza1,2, Larissa Vianna1
1Post-Graduate Program in Communication Disorders, Tuiuti University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Audiology & neuro-otology
|July 25, 2023
概括
在成年人中,COVID-19可能会导致神经感官听力和前置系统问题. 这项研究在巴西成年人中发现了COVID-19感染后的特定听觉和前置器发现.
科学领域:
- 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科
- 神经学 神经学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 由SARS-CoV-2引起的COVID-19已与各种神经和系统并发症有关.
- 听觉和前体功能障碍越来越多地被认为是包括COVID-19在内的病毒感染的潜在后果.
研究的目的:
- 调查和描述巴西成年人在COVID-19感染后的听觉和前庭检测结果.
- 探索这些发现,药物使用和环境暴露之间的潜在相关性.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及16名巴西成年人 (20-55岁) 经证实感染SARS-CoV-2的横向探索性研究.
- 参与者接受了病史,听觉测试 (包括耳声辐射和脑干听觉唤起潜能),以及前庭测试 (矢量声吸收).
- 统计分析包括费舍尔的精确测试和麦克纳马的测试,以评估药物/暴露风险和症状变化.
主要成果:
- 31.2%的受访者表示有听力问题,18.7%的受访者表示有前庭问题.
- 神经传感器的妥协被声学反射,耳声学辐射和脑干听觉唤起的潜能所发现.
- 43.74%的患者表现出改变的矢量阴影图,在药物使用/暴露和特定脑干听觉唤起的潜在参数之间发现了统计相关性.
结论:
- 这项研究确定了COVID-19后成年人的神经传感听觉和外围前庭发现.
- 这些发现表明COVID-19对听觉和前庭系统的潜在影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来证实这些发现在更大的人口中,并了解长期影响.
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