The Influence of Covid-19 on the Audio-vestibular System
- Conditions
- Covid19
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: Audio-Vestibular evaluation
- Registration Number
- NCT04709146
- Lead Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
- Brief Summary
the study's porpuse is to examine whether Covid-19 causese a reduction in sensorineural hearing and vestibular function in recovered pateints - compared to healthy controls.
Both study groups will undergo audiometry, tympanometry, Video Head Impulse testing, Subjective Visual Vertigo testing and Video-Nystamography.
Previous audiometry results will also be aquired.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
- ages 18-80 performed audiometry testing in the last two years
- known inner ear dysfunction - Sudden sensorineural hearing loss; autoimmune disease (Cogan's syndrom, SLE, ect.), familial/genetic sensorineural hearing loss, excessive noise exposure.
knowm conductive hearing loss (Air-bone gap>10dB) prior ear surgery chronic tympanic membrane perforation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Recovered Covid-19 patients Audio-Vestibular evaluation Diagnostic evulation with audiometry, Tympanography, SVV, VHIT, VNG. Healthy Control Audio-Vestibular evaluation Diagnostic evulation with audiometry, Tympanography, SVV, VHIT, VNG.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sensoneural hearing level - PTA through study completion, an average of 1 year PTA at each frequency will be compared between new and baseline audiogram for each group. Afterwhich - the average PTA decreament would be compared betwenn both groups - contrl and recovered COVID-19 patients
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method vestibular function through study completion, an average of 1 year vestibular function will be compared netween the two groups after VHIT, SVV and VNG testing