The self-reported severity highlights the need for Long COVID clinics to address these symptoms effectively. The data shown in this study confirms that tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness are common symptoms in Long COVID patients and demonstrates, that a compelling number of patients rate their symptoms as severe. Approximately one fifth of the participants with tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness, rated their symptoms to be severe. At the time of the survey, 60% of patients reported the presence of vertigo or dizziness with a mean severity of 4.6 ± 2.7 on a scale of 1 (least severe) to 10 (most severe) and 30% complained of tinnitus with a mean severity of 4.8 ± 3.0. Eighty percent were not fully vaccinated (at least two vaccinations) at the time of their first COVID symptoms and 9.8% were hospitalized in the course of their acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The online survey was completed by a German cohort of 1,082 adult Long COVID patients after a mean period of 43.2 weeks ± 23.4 weeks after infection. Therefore, in this study a large cohort of Long COVID patients was surveyed about the presence and severity of tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness symptoms. Tinnitus, vertigo and dizziness are symptoms commonly reported among Long and Post COVID patients, however the severity of these symptoms has not been assessed in large trials. 8Biostatistics Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Brunswick, Germany.7German Center for Infection Research, Brunswick, Germany.6Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.5Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.

4Department of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbüttel, Germany.3Department for Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.2Dean's Office-Curriculum Development, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.Chantal Vanessa Degen 1,2 * † Marie Mikuteit 2,3 † Jacqueline Niewolik 3 Dominik Schröder 4 Kai Vahldiek 4 Urs Mücke 5 Stephanie Heinemann 6 Frank Müller 6 Georg Martin Norbert Behrens 3,7 Frank Klawonn 4,8 Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka 3,7 † Sandra Steffens 2,3 †

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