Evaluation of cochlear functions in infants exposed to SARS-CoV-2 intrauterine

Autor: Sukru Aydin, Seyma Yasar, Cigdem Firat Koca, Turgut Celik, Agit Şimşek
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: American Journal of Otolaryngology
ISSN: 0196-0709
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.102982
Popis: Purpose The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) caused an acute respiratory illness named COVID-19 and the disease spread all over the World. Fever, cough, fatigue, gastrointestinal infection symptoms form the main clinical symptoms. Pregnants and newborns form a vulnerable population and urgent measures must be addressed. Studies about the effect of COVID-19 on pregnant women, developing fetuses, and infants are limited. Various viral diseases can cause congenital or acquired, unilateral or bilateral hearing loss. Methods 37 infants whose mother was pregnant between March 2020 and December 2020 and were born after the diagnosis of COVID- 19 during pregnancy and 36 healthy infants were included in the study. Transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE), distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) and contralateral suppression of OAE (CLS OAE) tests were performed on all infants. Results According to the TEOAE results of patients and controls in the silent a statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups at 3 kHz and 4 kHz (p
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