According to “Medvestnik”, the chief freelance otolaryngologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the head of the NMIC of otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA, Nikolai Daihes expressed the opinion that patients with coronavirus do not always have symptoms such as loss of smell and hearing.
“The impact of COVID-19 on the human ENT organs requires further study. In patients with coronavirus who still lose their sense of smell, it usually recovers after a maximum of two months. And hearing impairments that are observed in some people who have undergone the virus require a longer period of time. recovery time … Proven treatment regimens are used to restore these important functions, but improvement may not be immediate, “Dyhes said.