It was after he came out of ICU when he began to realize he had lost most of his hearing in his left ear.
“Anything I did hear had to be loud, and then it sounded like Charlie Brown’s teacher,” says Goldsmith, now 35..
He also had a static sound in that ear - tinnitus
He ended up having a cochlear transplant.
Vision. 10% of hospitalised patients in one 400 patient study experienced some vision disturbance.
Tingling and numbness.
Study of 100 non hospitalised patients suggested 60% experienced numbness and tingling 6-9 months after illness onset. Some widespread across the body, others localised in hands and feet.
Loss of sense of smell or taste affected 41%/38%
For some recovery is spontaneous. Others need steroids and some smell conditioning to help the brain form new connections.
When sense of smell recovers, normally taste does too.
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