Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Covid-19 has been 'strongly' linked to hearing loss by university researchers.
The new findings have been made by scientists from the University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
As well as hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo are 'strongly associated' with coronavirus. Prof Kevin Munro and PhD researcher Ibrahim Almufarrij found 56 studies that identified an association between Covid-19 and auditory and inner ear problems.
They pooled data from 24 of the studies to estimate that the prevalence of hearing loss was 7.6 per cent, tinnitus 14.8 per cent and vertigo was 7.2 per cent.