Investigation of the possible effecet of COVID-19 disease on the audiovestibular system

This research was carried out to in vestigatethe effectiveness of COVID-19 in the field of audiology and vestibular on the basis of COVID-19 a severe respiratory tract in fection that emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 and affected the whole world in a short time and was named as the new coronavirus-19, COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) by the World Health Organization (WHO).The universe of this study consists of a total of 70 participants, 36 women and 34 men, between the ages of 20-60 and living in the province of Şanlıurfa. The study was conducted with two separate groups, each consisting of 35 people, experimental and control. Within the scope of the study, as an information gathering tool to aggregate the data: The demographic information forms that containing demographic features such as age, gender, occupation and etc.; and the forms that containing medical history background informati on such as hearing loss, balance problems and chronic diseases,were used.The participants invited to the research were given brief and concise information about the study in a plain and understandable language, and at the next stage, participation was ensured on a voluntary basis by signing a voluntary consent form. In the next phase of the study, participants who met the inclusion criteria were first subjected to otoscopic examination; Pure tone audiometry (Pure Tone Audiometry) and speech audiometry (Speech) tests were performed. Tymponometry test was applied to evaluate the harmony of the eardrum and middle ear. Bed side and position al tests were explained to patients who did not have any lower extremity injuries and chronic lower extremity pain in the last six months and were shown as a practice by the researcher once. The data obtained and acquired with in the scope of there search were analyzed with the help of SPPS 26 program. According to the data obtained as a result of the analysis; It is supported by the literature that the effect of COVID-19 on the audiovestibular system is a subject worth investigating and more studies are needed in this are. In addition, no known effect of COVID-19 on audiology and vestibularsystem has been observed.