About this Research Topic
This Research Topic aims to collect evidence on how long COVID impacts the onset or pre-existing neurotological diseases. Further, it should help understand the mechanisms of neurotological long COVID, with a long-haul goal of developing the protective and curative means. The medical reports, including the case studies, are anticipated to identify the risk factors predisposing to post-COVID tinnitus, vertigo, or sudden hearing loss. Moreover, the scientific evidence submitted to this Research Topic will help to determine if the neurotological disorders caused by long COVID have distinguishing features that separate them from the non-long COVID conditions. The basic science reports are expected to provide the insights on more focused research questions. Together, we hope that the research submitted in the following months to this Research Topic will unveil at least part of the long COVID mystery.
The Guest Editors of “Neurotological consequences of long COVID” will welcome the following types of manuscripts: Original Research, Brief Research Report, Mini Review, Systematic Review, Hypothesis and Theory, Opinion and Protocol. The submissions should regard, but are not restricted to, one of the following issues:
• Epidemiology of neurotological conditions among long COVID patients
• Characterization of neurotological conditions among long COVID patients
• Changes in pre-existing tinnitus or tinnitus-induced disorder during long COVID
• Changes in pre-existing vertigo during long COVID
• Contribution (direct and indirect) of COVID-19 to neurodegeneration
• Long COVID and neuroinflammation in neurotology
Keywords: COVID-19, long COVID, vertigo, tinnitus, sudden hearing loss
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.