Sergio Díaz-Leines, Servicio de Procesos Auditivos Centrales, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Ciudad de México, México
Aline I. Ayala-Carrillo, Servicio de Procesos Auditivos Centrales, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Ciudad de México, México
Ma. del Consuelo Martínez-Wbaldo, Unidad de Investigación Sociomédica. Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Ciudad de México, México
Background: Multiple studies report persistence of physical, mental and psychological symptoms post-COVID-19, a condition called “Long-COVID”, in which a lack of sustained attention called “brain fog” is observed; its symptoms include memory loss. The results of alterations in attention or post-memory COVID in subjects with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) are rare. Objective: Compare attention and memory in patients with CAPD and with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection. Method: Cross-sectional, comparative study in a non-probabilistic sample of adults with CAPD with and without a history of having had COVID and after signing informed consent, the Neuropsi test was applied. Statistical analysis was performed with descriptive statistics, Student’s t, χ2 and Mann-Whitney’s U using SPSS V.19. Results: Average age 38.4 ± 9.87 and 44.2 ± 13.63, respectively. Conclusion: There were no significant differences in the Neuropsi Test between cases and controls, even more so when grouping the data into class intervals by age, number of years studied and time elapsed post-COVID, showing differences in some items in the areas of Care and Concentration and Memory.
Keywords: Attention. Memory. COVID-19. Central auditory processing disorder. Neuropsychological test. Long-COVID.