@heatnor You are unsettled by the sudden partial hearing loss and worried the effects may be residual long after you have recovered from the virus.

The world’s scientists are scrambling to understand Covid-19, as it is a new virus. I have provided you will links that discuss sudden hearing loss and Covid-19. From what I could gather, sudden hearing loss is a rare residual side effect of a Covid-19 infection.

As I mentioned above, Covid-19 is a new virus that we have little understanding of. My links below range from random sites discussing the topic to heavy reads like journal articles. There simply just isn’t enough data out there so we must make do with what we have.

In the journal article from the U.K. titled, Sudden irreversible hearing loss post COVID-19, the article states that immediate steroid treatment of the hearing loss is thought to lead to the best prognosis. I hope that this information gives you comfort in that your provider is likely treating you according.

- Mayo Clinic Covid-19 https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19

- COVID-19 and hearing loss: What we know https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/53127-Coronavirus-hearing-loss-tinnitus-covid

- Acute profound sensorineural Hearing Loss after Covid-19 pneumonia https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(20)30596-6/pdf

- COVID-19 linked to sudden hearing loss https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-linked-to-sudden-hearing-loss.html

- COVID -19 and sudden sensorineural hearing loss, a case report https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7342036/

- Is Hearing Loss Another Unusual Symptom of COVID-19? https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2020/hearing-loss-coronavirus.html

- Sudden irreversible hearing loss post COVID-19 https://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/11/e238419

You will notice that I have added this discussion to the Covid-19 group. I did this so you can connect with members like @ccbelle @astaingegerdm @lmspencerpac @sueinmn, who have discussed this topic in the past.

Mayo Connect also has a Covid-19 group
- Covid-19 Group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/covid-19/

I did not find a previous discussion specifically regarding hearing loss and Covid-19 but I did find a discussion titled, COVID-19 Long Haulers: Symptoms lasting 30 days plus. You may find this helpful.

- COVID-19 Long Haulers: Symptoms lasting 30 days plus https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-symptoms-lasting-30-days-plus/

I would like to extend my Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, as Sue has.

May I ask what you provider's prognosis is?