The Influence of Covid-19 on the Audio-vestibular System

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Covid19

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Audio-Vestibular evaluation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04709146

0226-20-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ages 18-80 performed audiometry testing in the last two years

Exclusion criteria

• 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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Recovered Covid-19 patients

Other group

Description:

Diagnostic evulation with audiometry, Tympanography, SVV, VHIT, VNG.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Audio-Vestibular evaluation

Healthy Control

Other group

Description:

Diagnostic evulation with audiometry, Tympanography, SVV, VHIT, VNG.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Audio-Vestibular evaluation