Keywords
Audiometry
Sudden hearing loss
COVID-19
Brazil
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Abstract
Objective: To describe the clinical and audiological aspects of four patients, who experienced episodes of tinnitus and unilateral deafness and sought medical attention during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manaus-AM. Methods: The audiological evaluation consisted of Pure Tone Audiometry, Logoaudiometry, Acoustic Immittance Measurements, Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions, and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials. Results: The patients, 02 men, 01 woman and 01 child, aged range of 05 to 76 years, revealed in the audiological assessment, profound and moderate sensorineural hearing loss and one patient reported improvement in hearing after the treatment with corticoid. Conclusion: We present the clinical and audiological aspects of four patients with post-COVID-19 SSHL during the first pandemic in Manaus, with involvement ranging from profound to moderate and whose loss mechanisms are not known.
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