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While many Covid-19 patients only experience symptoms for a matter of days, others are plagued with issues for months after their infection. This has widely become known as Long Covid, and now a new study has warned that some Long Covid patients experience hearing loss for months. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University looked at the hearing problems affecting Covid-19 patients, both in the short and long term.
In the study, the team analysed 3,103 Covid-19 patients with tinnitus - a condition that causes a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears. The analysis revealed that 40% of the participants experienced a worsening of their tinnitus amid their Covid-19 infection.
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