coronavirus in a UK first.The 45-year-old has asthma but was otherwise fit, healthy and did not have any ear problems before contracting Covid-19.Doctors are now pleading with others to seek urgent medical treatment if Covid-19 patients suffer hearing damage as a prompt course of steroids could help to reverse the disabling condition.The man with asthma was referred to the ear nose and throat department at their hospital after suddenly experiencing hearing loss in one ear wihle being treated for Covid-19 infection as an inpatient.Details of the case, published in BMJ Case Reports, reveal that the patient had been admitted to hospital with Covid-19 symptoms which had been ongoing for 10 days.He was transferred to intensive car as he was.