Severe dengue associated with aseptic meningitis, acute kidney injury, and sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A case report

Does a patient with acquired arbovirus infection have a hearing impairment? A scoping review of hearing changes in an adult with Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika

“… 20 , 21 Symptom improvement was reported in two studies. 6 , 20 The occurrence of sensorineural hearing loss was 17.02% (n = 8 individuals) 5 , 6 , 19 , 20 , 21 of profound grade 5 , 6 , 19 , 20 and with significant change in hearing thresholds implying improvement in the degree of hearing loss over time in most studies (Supplementary Table 2). 6 , 19 , 20 …”

“…Furthermore, the most commonly used hearing assessment method was tonal audiometry (n = 8 studies). 5 , 6 , 7 , 13 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 In contrast, two studies 22 , 24 did not clarify which hearing assessment methodology was used to confirm hearing difficulties and the occurrence of hearing loss from arbovirus infections.…”

“…A description of the identifying characteristics of the 13 included studies is presented in Table 1 . Overall, regarding the presence and type of arbovirus, most studied, six studies 5 , 6 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 described dengue-related hearing changes in adult subjects.…”

“…The studies were published between the years 2003 18 and 2022, 20 and most of them were produced in Brazil (n = 7 articles). 5 , 6 , 13 , 18 , 19 , 22 , 23 The most frequent study design was a case report in eight studies. 5 , 6 , 12 , 13 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 24 The sample size and mean age ranged in the studies from 1 5 , 12 , 19 , 20 , 22 to 227 25 participants and from 23 13 to 60 5 years of age.…”

“…Six studies 5 , 6 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 investigated hearing changes in 47 individuals with DENV. In these individuals, otalgia was the most frequent symptom (23.40%), 18 followed by vertigo/tinnitus (19.14%), 6 , 18 , 19 tinnitus (14.89%) 6 , 18 , 20 , 21 and hypoacusis (6.38%). 20 , 21 Symptom improvement was reported in two studies.…”