Auditory and Vestibular Findings in Brazilian Adults Affected by COVID-19: An Exploratory Study.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to describe auditory and vestibular findings in Brazilian adults after COVID-19 in a municipality from the outskirts of the São Paulo state.

Methods: This was a transversal and exploratory study comprising sixteen participants infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, confirmed through RT-PCR detection, aged 20 to 55 years. Subjects underwent anamnesis, vestibular and auditory testing.

Findings on the Central Auditory Functions of Endemic Disease Control Agents.

This study aimed to assess the central auditory functions of endemic disease control agents. This cross-sectional cohort study comprised two groups: the exposed group, with 38 male endemic disease control agents with simultaneous occupational noise and pesticide exposure; and the control group, with 18 age- and sex-matched workers without occupational noise and/or pesticide exposure. All participants underwent pure-tone audiometry, brainstem auditory evoked potentials, dichotic digits test, and transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions suppression effect.