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Mom loses hearing in one ear after mild COVID-19 infection – CTV News
Viruses such as measles, mumps and meningitis are known to sometimes cause sudden hearing loss, and there’s growing evidence that the novel coronavirus should b…
One day in July, while Meredith Harrell was walking from her backyard into the house, her right ear suddenly started to ring.
She realized that, other than the ringing, she couldn’t hear anything out of that ear.
“It was like someone flipped a switch,” she said.
Harrell’s hearing loss was a mystery until about a week later, when she took a COVID-19 test. It was positive.
Even though she never felt sick, an otologist — a doctor who specializes in hearing — explained to Harrell that the vir…
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