Belada, AbdullahKoder, AhmetSungur, Mehmet Ali2025-10-112025-10-1120251309-3878https://doi.org/10.18521/ktd.1576850https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/21659Objective: This study aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cases of sudden hearing loses (SHL). Method: We examined two patient groups diagnosed with SHL at D & uuml;zce University Medical Faculty Hospital and D & uuml;zce Ataturk State Hospital in Turkey. The first group, diagnosed between March 2019 and March 2020, represents pre-Covid-19. The second group includes patients diagnosed from March 2020 to March 2021, corresponding to the initial year of the Covid-19 pandemic in this region. We evaluated patient numbers, age, and gender across these groups to identify any increase in SHL cases potentially associated with the pandemic. Results: The ratio of SHL cases per population in Group 1 was 51 out of 450,000, or approximately 0.011333. In Group 2, this ratio was 32 out of 450,000, or roughly 0.007111. Statistical analysis (p=0.037) revealed a notably higher SHL rate in the pre-Covid-19 period than during the pandemic. Conclusions: The suggested etiological explanations for SHL remain hypothetical. Although COVID-19 has been widely considered a possible factor, our findings do not support increased SHL cases due to the virus.en10.18521/ktd.1576850info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCOVID-19 PandemicSudden Hearing LossInfectionArticle1714851WOS:001509016800006N/A