California Researchers Study Long COVID’s Impact on Hearing, ‘Brain Fog’
This research is among the few to address hearing issues in long COVID and to include active treatment, with plans to expand using brain imaging.
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Cognivue to Study COVID-19 ‘Long-Haul Syndrome’
Neuroscience company Cognivue, Inc announced the initiation of COG-COVID19, an open-label, prospective, two-armed comparison clinical study to assess the impact of COVID-19 on cognitive function.
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The Long-Haul and Covid-19
In general, business conditions improved significantly, with US hearing aid sales estimated at about 85% of what they were last June. Most market analysts are also predicting large increases in sales for 2021-2022 due to pent-up demand.
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COVID-19 and the Auditory System – Five Years Later
A look at what we now know about how COVID-19 has been found to affect the auditory system, based on a review of the literature.
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COVID-19’s Effect on Pre-existing Hearing Loss
Should HCPs monitor patients who have had COVID-19 for exacerbated hearing loss? A study looks at the relation between the virus and hearing.
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COVID-19 Virus May Increase Risk of Neurological Conditions
If you’ve had COVID-19, it may still be messing with your brain. Those who have been infected with COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing a range of neurological conditions in the first year after the virus, new research shows.
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NAD Recognizes Pennsylvania for COVID-19 Accessibility Briefings
A recent national study of states’ efforts to deliver critically important public health information to deaf and hard-of-hearing individual throughout 2020 ranked Pennsylvania 10th for its effective use of ASL interpreters.
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Are COVID-19 “Brain Fog” Symptoms and an Auditory Processing Disorder Related?
When a COVID-19 survivor reports that they have been diagnosed with brain fog or mild cognitive impairment (BF/MCI), or these terms appear in a medical report, hearing care professionals should be aware that many of the BF/MCI symptoms are very similar to those seen in patients with (central) auditory processing disorder. This article by audiologist Robert DiSogra, AuD, reviews the research on this subject and provides recommendations.
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Certain Brain Areas Show Greater Decline After Mild COVID-19
The findings, published in “Nature,” reveal tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell, as well as in or near important speech processing centers. These new insights contribute to our overall understanding of how the disease spreads through the central nervous system.
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COVID-19 and the Hearing Care Professional: What We Know So Far
It is still too early in the pandemic to make definitive statements about the full impact of the COVID-19 virus on the auditory/vestibular and central auditory systems. Author Bob DiSogra, AuD, advises that hearing care professionals should revise their Case History forms and consider adding tests for auditory processing disorders and a cognitive screening in order to make the appropriate referral(s) for patients. Counseling will continue to be a major part of the patient’s experience with hearing care clinicians.
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COVID-19 and Its Possible Impact on the Audiovestibular System
Research into the association between COVID-19 and hearing-related symptoms is still in the early phases. Fortunately, our knowledge of the audiovestibular system continues to grow alongside with our understanding of COVID-19. Authors Matthew Kelley, AuD, and Sugata Bhattacharjee, AuD, provide a brief review of research on Covid-19 and its impact on the ear.
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Letters: Killion on Covid-19 and Its Threat for Unvaccinated Church and Choir Members
Mead Killion, PhD, points out that, in churches and choirs, the risk of Covid-19 for people who remain unvaccinated appears to be greatly increased due to the dramatic increase in aerosol disbursement from loud singing.
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Cochlear Nasal Implant to Treat Smell Loss From COVID
According to “Discover Magazine,” Dr Daniel Coelho is currently working on the development of a cochlear nasal implant, which would potentially stimulate the brain’s olfactory bulb into triggering a sense of smell, much like a cochlear implant turns sounds into electrical signals the brain can interpret.
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Deaf Have Challenges Accessing COVID-19 Info
While deaf respondents had similar knowledge of symptoms and prevention strategies compared to hearing participants, the deaf participants were more likely to plan immediate care for suspected symptoms.
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COVID-19 Associated with Hearing Loss, Study Shows
Hearing loss and other auditory problems are strongly associated with COVID-19 according to a systematic review of research evidence.
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