Neurological Disorders

Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Graduate Associate Program in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Publications

• Research   
  Review Of Audiological Findings In SARS-CoV-2 Infection
  Author(s): Nancy Sotero Silva, Carolina Karla de Souza Evangelista, Pedro de Franca Cavalcanti, Sheila Andreoli Balen, Hannalice Gottschalck Cavalcanti and Edgard Morya*
  
  Since 2020 the world has been dealing with an acute respiratory syndrome pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. The main symptoms are fever, cough, and tiredness, accompanied by smell and taste loss. Due to neurotropism and infection mechanisms, SARS-CoV-2 can cause several neurological and sensory injuries. Its auditory impacts are controversial; however, cochlear hair cells and auditory pathways might be damaged. The aim of this review was identifying evidence underlying clinical association between COVID-19 and auditory implications which would help diagnosis and treatment response. Studies identified in databases Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online), Lilacs (Latin American Literature in Sciences Health), Pubmed (National Library of Medicine), Livivo and Scopus, published up to June 2021 for COVID-19 and auditory system impairments correlation and etiology were sele.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6895.10.9.514

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